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The Ark Enters the Temple

And all the work was finished that Solomon made for the house of Jehovah. And Solomon brought in the things that David his father had dedicated; and the silver, and the gold, and all the vessels he put among the treasures of the house of God.

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So Solomon finished all his work on the Temple of the LORD. Then he brought all the gifts his father, David, had dedicated — the silver, the gold, and the various articles — and he stored them in the treasuries of the Temple of God.

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Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the princes of the fathers of the children of Israel, to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah out of the city of David, which is Zion.

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The Ark Brought to the Temple

Solomon then summoned to Jerusalem the elders of Israel and all the heads of tribes — the leaders of the ancestral families of Israel. They were to bring the Ark of the LORD’s Covenant to the Temple from its location in the City of David, also known as Zion.

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And all the men of Israel assembled themselves to the king at the feast, that of the seventh month.

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So all the men of Israel assembled before the king at the annual Festival of Shelters, which is held in early autumn.a

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And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up the ark.

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When all the elders of Israel arrived, the Levites picked up the Ark.

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And they brought up the ark, and the tent of meeting, and all the holy vessels that were in the tent: the priests, the Levites, brought them up.

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The priests and Levites brought up the Ark along with the special tentb and all the sacred items that had been in it.

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And king Solomon, and all the assembly of Israel, that were assembled to him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen which could not be counted nor numbered for multitude.

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There, before the Ark, King Solomon and the entire community of Israel sacrificed so many sheep, goats, and cattle that no one could keep count!

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And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of Jehovah to its place, into the oracle of the house, into the most holy place, under the wings of the cherubim;

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Then the priests carried the Ark of the LORD’s Covenant into the inner sanctuary of the Temple — the Most Holy Place — and placed it beneath the wings of the cherubim.

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and the cherubim stretched forth [their] wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and its staves above.

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The cherubim spread their wings over the Ark, forming a canopy over the Ark and its carrying poles.

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And the staves were long, so that the ends of the staves were seen outside the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen without. And there they are to this day.

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These poles were so long that their ends could be seen from the Holy Place,c which is in front of the Most Holy Place, but not from the outside. They are still there to this day.

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There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses put there at Horeb, when Jehovah made [a covenant] with the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt.

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Nothing was in the Ark except the two stone tablets that Moses had placed in it at Mount Sinai,d where the LORD made a covenant with the people of Israel when they left Egypt.

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God's Glory Fills the Temple

And it came to pass when the priests were come out of the holy place (for all the priests that were present were hallowed without observing the courses;

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Then the priests left the Holy Place. All the priests who were present had purified themselves, whether or not they were on duty that day.

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and the Levites the singers, all they of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, clad in byssus, with cymbals and lutes and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them a hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets),

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And the Levites who were musicians — Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and all their sons and brothers — were dressed in fine linen robes and stood at the east side of the altar playing cymbals, lyres, and harps. They were joined by 120 priests who were playing trumpets.

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-- it came to pass when the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one voice to be heard in praising and thanking Jehovah; and when they lifted up their voice with trumpets, and cymbals, and instruments of music, and praised Jehovah: For he is go

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The trumpeters and singers performed together in unison to praise and give thanks to the LORD. Accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and other instruments, they raised their voices and praised the LORD with these words:
“He is good!
His faithful love endures forever!”
At that moment a thick cloud filled the Temple of the LORD.

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and the priests could not stand to do their service because of the cloud; for the glory of Jehovah had filled the house of God.

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The priests could not continue their service because of the cloud, for the glorious presence of the LORD filled the Temple of God.

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2 Chronicles 5

2 Chronicles 5