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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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The Ark Brought into the Temple

So all the work that Solomon had done for the house of the Lord was finished; and Solomon brought in the things which his father David had dedicated: the silver and the gold and all the furnishings. And he put them in the treasuries of the house of God.

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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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The Ark Brought into the Temple

Now Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the chief fathers of the children of Israel, in Jerusalem, that they might bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord up from the City of David, which is Zion.

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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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Therefore all the men of Israel assembled with the king at the feast, which was in the seventh month.

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

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So all the elders of Israel came, and the Levites took up the ark.

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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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Then they brought up the ark, the tabernacle of meeting, and all the holy furnishings that were in the tabernacle. The priests and the Levites brought them up.

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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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Also King Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel who were assembled with him before the ark, were sacrificing sheep and oxen that could not be counted or numbered for multitude.

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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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Then the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord to its place, into the inner sanctuary of the [a]temple, to the Most Holy Place, under the wings of the cherubim.

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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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For the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim overshadowed the ark and its poles.

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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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The poles extended so that the ends of the poles of the ark could be seen from the holy place, in front of the inner sanctuary; but they could not be seen from outside. And [b]they are there to this day.

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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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Nothing was in the ark except the two tablets which Moses put there at Horeb, [c]when the Lord made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they had come out of Egypt.

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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 it came to pass when the priests came out of the Most Holy Place (for all the priests who were present had [d]sanctified themselves, without keeping to their divisions),

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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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and the Levites who were the singers, all those of Asaph and Heman and Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, stood at the east end of the altar, clothed in white linen, having cymbals, stringed instruments and harps, and with them one hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets —

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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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indeed it came to pass, when 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 mercy endures forever,”
that the house, the house of the Lord, was filled with a cloud,

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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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so that the priests could not [e]continue ministering because of the cloud; for the glory of the Lord filled the house of God.

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2 Chronicles 5

2 Chronicles 5