¹Thus 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 .

²Then 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 .

³So all the men of Israel assembled themselves to the king at the feast , which was in the seventh month .

⁴All the elders of Israel came . The Levites took up the ark.

⁵They brought up the ark, the Tent of Meeting , and all the holy vessels that were in the Tent. The Levitical priests brought these up .

⁶King 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 .

⁷The 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 .

⁸For the cherubim spread out their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and its poles above .

⁹The 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 .

¹⁰There 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 .

¹¹When 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 ;

¹²also 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 and twenty priests sounding with trumpets );

¹³when 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 ,

¹⁴so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud ; for the LORD ’s glory filled God ’s house .