Psalm 132:8-10 (//2 Chr 6:41-42) emphasizes
YHWH's actual presence in the temple. In this processional song, the actual
presence of YHWH is enjoined to enter his resting place in the temple.
Chronicles thereby underscored the importance of the temple by emphasizing
YHWH's actual presence in the face of the theology of the name, which implied
that only God's name dwelt in the temple. Indeed, name theology would have been
one of the main arguments against the rebuilding of the Jerusalem temple. (William
M. Schniedewind, Society and the Promise to David: The Reception History of 2
Samuel 7:1-17 [Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999], 45)
