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1 Thus
all the work
that Solomon did
for the LORD’s
house was finished.
Solomon brought in
the things that
David his father
had dedicated,
even the silver,
the gold, and
all the vessels,
and put them
in the treasuries
of God’s house.
2 Then
Solomon assembled
the elders of
Israel and all
the heads of
the tribes, the
princes of
the fathers’ households of
the children of
Israel, to
Jerusalem, to
bring up the ark
of the LORD’s
covenant out of
David’s city,
which is Zion.
3 So
all the men
of Israel
assembled themselves
to the king
at the feast,
which was in
the seventh month.
4 All
the elders of
Israel came. The
Levites took up
the ark.
5 They
brought up the ark,
the Tent of
Meeting, and all
the holy vessels
that were in
the Tent. The
Levitical priests
brought these up.
6 King
Solomon and all
the congregation
of Israel who
were assembled to
him were before
the ark, sacrificing
sheep and cattle
that could not be
counted or
numbered for
multitude.
7 The
priests brought in
the ark of the
LORD’s covenant to
its place, into
the inner
sanctuary of the
house, to the
most holy place,
even under the
wings of the
cherubim.
8 For
the cherubim
spread out their
wings over the
place of the ark,
and the cherubim
covered the ark
and its poles
above.
9 The poles
were so long
that the ends
of the poles were
seen from the ark
in front of
the inner
sanctuary, but
they were not
seen outside; and
it is there
to this day.
10 There
was nothing in
the ark except the
two tablets which
Moses put there
at Horeb, when
the LORD made
a covenant with
the children of
Israel, when they
came out of
Egypt.
11 When
the priests had
come out of
the holy place (for
all the priests
who were present
had sanctified
themselves, and didn’t
keep their
divisions;
12 also
the Levites who
were the singers,
all of them, even
Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun,
and their sons
and their brothers,
arrayed in fine linen,
with cymbals
and stringed instruments and
harps, stood at
the east end
of the altar,
and with them
one hundred twenty
priests sounding
with trumpets);
13 when
the trumpeters and
singers were as
one, to make
one sound to
be heard in
praising and
thanking the LORD;
and when they
lifted up their
voice with the
trumpets and
cymbals and
instruments of
music, and praised
the LORD, saying,
“For he is
good,
for his loving
kindness endures
forever!”
then the house
was filled with
a cloud, even
the LORD’s house,
14 so
that the priests
could not stand
to minister by
reason of the
cloud; for the
LORD’s glory
filled God’s house.