1 Thus all the work that Solomon made for the house of the
LORD was finished: and Solomon brought in all the things that David his father had
dedicated; and the silver, and the gold, and all the instruments, put he among
the treasures of the house of God.
2 Then
Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the
chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the
ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion.
3 Wherefore
all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king in the feast which was in
the seventh month.
4 And
all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up the ark.
5 And
they brought up the ark, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the
holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, these did the
priests and the
Levites bring up.
6 Also
king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel that were assembled unto him
before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen, which could not be told nor numbered
for multitude.
7 And
the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, to
the oracle of the house, into the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims:
8 For
the cherubims spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and
the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.
9 And
they drew out the staves of the ark, that the ends of the
staves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen
without. And there it is unto this day.
10 There was nothing in the ark save the two tables
which Moses put therein at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with
the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt.
11 And
it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place: (for all the priests that were present
were sanctified, and did not then wait
by course:
12 Also
the Levites which were the
singers, all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their
brethren, being arrayed
in white linen, having cymbals and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end
of the altar, and with them an hundred and twenty priests sounding with
trumpets:)
13 It
came even to pass, as 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 musick, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for
ever: that then the
house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the LORD;
14 So
that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the
glory of the LORD had filled the house of God.
