[1] So all the work which Solomon did for the house of the Lord was
complete. And Solomon took the holy things which David his father had
given, the silver and the gold and all the vessels, and put them in the
store-houses of the house of God. [2] Then Solomon sent for all the
responsible men of Israel, all the chiefs of the tribes and the heads of
families of the children of Israel, to come to Jerusalem and take the ark
of the Lord's agreement up out of the town of David, which is Zion. [3] And
all the men of Israel came together to the king at the feast in the seventh
month. [4] All the responsible men of Israel came, and the Levites took up
the ark. [5] They took up the ark and the Tent of meeting and all the holy
vessels which were in the Tent; all these the priests, the Levites, took
up. [6] And King Solomon and all the men of Israel who had come together
there with him, were before the ark, making offerings of sheep and oxen
more than might be numbered. [7] And the priests took the ark of the Lord's
agreement and put it in its place, in the inner room of the house, in the
most holy place, under the wings of the winged ones. [8] For their wings
were outstretched over the place where the ark was, covering the ark and
its rods. [9] The rods were so long that their ends were seen from the holy
place before the inmost room; but they were not seen from outside; and
there they are to this day. [10] Nothing was in the ark but the two flat
stones which Moses put there at Horeb, where the Lord made an agreement
with the children of Israel when they came out of Egypt. [11] Now when the
priests had come out of the holy place, (for all the priests who were
present had made themselves holy, not keeping to their divisions; [12] And
the Levites who made the music, all of them, Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and
their sons and brothers, robed in fair linen, were in their places with
their brass and corded instruments at the east side of the altar, and with
them a hundred and twenty priests blowing horns;) [13] And when the players
on horns, and those who made melody in song, with one voice were sounding
the praise and glory of the Lord; with loud voices and with wind
instruments, and brass and corded instruments of music, praising the Lord
and saying, He is good; his mercy is unchanging for ever: then the house
was full of the cloud of the glory of the Lord, [14] So that the priests
were not able to keep their places to do their work because of the cloud;
for the house of God was full of the glory of the Lord.
