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The Ark Brought into the Temple

1 Now *Num. 1:4; 7:2; 2 Chr. 5:2–14Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the chief fathers of the children of Israel, to King Solomon in Jerusalem, *2 Sam. 6:12–17; 1 Chr. 15:25–29that they might bring *2 Sam. 5:7; 6:12, 16up the ark of the covenant of the Lord from the City of David, which is Zion. 2 Therefore all the men of Israel assembled with King Solomon at the *Lev. 23:34; 1 Kin. 8:65; 2 Chr. 7:8–10feast in the month of Ethanim, which is the seventh month. 3 So all the elders of Israel came, *Num. 4:15; 7:9; Deut. 31:9; Josh. 3:3, 6and the priests took up the ark. 4 Then they brought up the ark of the Lord, *1 Kin. 3:4; 2 Chr. 1:3the tabernacle of meeting, and all the holy furnishings that were in the tabernacle. The priests and the Levites brought them up. 5 Also King Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel who were assembled with him, were with him before the ark, *2 Sam. 6:13; 2 Chr. 1:6sacrificing sheep and oxen that could not be counted or numbered for multitude. 6 Then the priests *2 Sam. 6:17brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord to *Ex. 26:33, 34; 1 Kin. 6:19its place, into the inner sanctuary of the temple, to the Most Holy Place,*1 Kin. 6:27under the wings of the cherubim. 7 For the cherubim spread their two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim overshadowed the ark and its poles. 8 The poles *Ex. 25:13–15; 37:4, 5extended so that the ends of the poles could be seen from the holy place, in front of the inner sanctuary; but they could not be seen from outside. And they are there to this day. 9 *Ex. 25:21; Deut. 10:2Nothing was in the ark *Ex. 25:16; Deut. 10:5; Heb. 9:4except the two tablets of stone which Moses *Ex. 24:7, 8; 40:20; Deut. 4:13put there at Horeb, *Ex. 34:27, 28when the Lord made acovenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.

10 And it came to pass, when the priests came out of the holy place, that the cloud *Ex. 40:34, 35; 2 Chr. 7:1, 2filled the house of the Lord, 11 so that the priests could not continue ministering because of the cloud; for the *2 Chr. 7:1, 2glory of the Lord filled the house of the Lord.