aThus all the work
that Solomon
performed
for the house
of the LORD
was finished
. And Solomon
brought
in the 1 bthings that David
his father
had dedicated
, even the silver
and the gold
and all
the utensils
, and put
them in the treasuries
of the house
of God
.
aThen Solomon
assembled
to Jerusalem
the elders
of Israel
and all
the heads
of the tribes
, the leaders
of the fathers'
households of the sons
of Israel
, bto bring
up the ark
of the covenant
of the LORD
out of the city
of David
, which
is Zion
.
aAll the men
of Israel
assembled
themselves to the king
at bthe feast
, that is in the seventh
month
.
Then all the elders
of Israel
came
, and athe Levites
took
up the ark
.
They brought up the ark
and the tent
of meeting
and all
the holy
utensils
which
were in the tent
; the Levitical
priests
brought
them up.
And King Solomon
and all
the congregation
of Israel
who were assembled
with him before
the ark
, were sacrificing
1so many
sheep
and oxen
that they could not be counted
or numbered
.
Then the priests brought
the ark
of the covenant
of the LORD
to its place
, into the inner
sanctuary
of the house
, to the holy
of holies
, under
the wings
of the cherubim
.
For the cherubim spread
their wings
over
the place
of the ark
, so that the cherubim
made
a covering
over
the ark
and its 1poles
.
The poles were so long
that athe ends
of the poles
of the ark
could be seen
in front
of the inner
sanctuary
, but they could not be seen
outside
; and 1they are there
to this
day
.
aThere was nothing
in the ark
except
the two
tablets
which
Moses
put
there at Horeb
, where
the LORD
made
a covenant with the sons
of Israel
, when they came
out of Egypt
.
When the priests came
forth
from the holy
place (for all
the priests
who were present
had sanctified
themselves, without
regard
ato divisions
),
and all the Levitical
singers
, aAsaph
, Heman
, Jeduthun
, and their sons
and kinsmen
, clothed
in fine
linen
, bwith cymbals
, harps
and lyres
, standing
east
of the altar
, and with them one hundred
and twenty
priests
cblowing
trumpets
in unison when the trumpeters
and the singers
were to make
themselves heard
with one
voice
to praise
and to glorify
the LORD
, and when they lifted
up their voice
aaccompanied by trumpets
and cymbals
and instruments
of music
, and when they praised
the LORD
saying, " bHe indeed
is good
for His lovingkindness
is everlasting
," then the house
, the house
of the LORD
, was filled
with a cloud
,
so that the priests could
not stand
to minister
because
of the cloud
, for athe glory
of the LORD
filled
the house
of God
.