2 Chronicles 5

1 So all the work that Solomon had performed for the house of the LORD was completed. Then Solomon brought in the items his father David had dedicated—the silver, the gold, and all the furnishings—and he placed them in the treasuries of the house of God.

2 At that time Solomon assembled in Jerusalem the elders of Israel—all the tribal heads and family leaders of the Israelites—to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Zion, the City of David.

3 So all the men of Israel came together to the king at the feast in the seventh month.

4 When all the elders of Israel had arrived, the Levites took up the ark,

5 and they brought up the ark and the Tent of Meeting with all its sacred furnishings. The Levitical priests carried them up.

6 There, before the ark, King Solomon and the whole congregation of Israel who had assembled with him sacrificed so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered.

7 Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, beneath the wings of the cherubim.

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

9 The poles of the ark extended far enough that their ends were visible from in front of the inner sanctuary, but not from outside the Holy Place; and they are there to this day.

10 There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets that Moses had placed in it at Horeb, where the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelites after they had come out of Egypt.

11 Now all the priests who were present had consecrated themselves regardless of their divisions. And when the priests came out of the Holy Place,

12 all the Levitical singers—Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and relatives—stood on the east side of the altar, dressed in fine linen and playing cymbals, harps, and lyres, accompanied by 120 priests sounding trumpets.

13 The trumpeters and singers joined together to praise and thank the LORD with one voice. They lifted up their voices, accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and musical instruments, in praise to the LORD: “For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.” And the temple, the house of the LORD, was filled with a cloud

14 so that the priests could not stand there to minister because of the cloud. For the glory of the LORD filled the house of God.

1 ¶ Thus all the work that Solomon made for the house of the LORD was finished: and Solomon brought in [all] the things that David his father had dedicated; and the silver, and the gold, and all the instruments, put he among the treasures of the house of God.

2 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which [is] Zion.

3 Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king in the feast which [was] in the seventh month.

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

5 And they brought up the ark, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that [were] in the tabernacle, these did the priests [and] the Levites bring up.

6 Also king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel that were assembled unto him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen, which could not be told nor numbered for multitude.

7 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, to the oracle of the house, into the most holy [place, even] under the wings of the cherubims:

8 For the cherubims spread forth [their] wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.

9 And they drew out the staves [of the ark], that the ends of the staves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen without. And there it is unto this day.

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

11 ¶ And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy [place]: (for all the priests [that were] present were sanctified, [and] did not [then] wait by course:

12 Also the Levites [which were] the singers, all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, [being] arrayed in white linen, having cymbals and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them an hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets:)

13 It came even to pass, as 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 musick, and praised the LORD, [saying], For [he is] good; for his mercy [endureth] for ever: that [then] the house was filled with a cloud, [even] the house of the LORD;

14 So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of God.

2 Then Solomon gathered all the elders of Israel, all the captains of the tribes, and the princes of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion.

3 And all the men of Israel were gathered together unto the king at the feast, that is, in the seventh month.

4 And all the elders of Israel came. And the Levites lifted up the ark

5 And they brought them up, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, and brought up the priests the Levites with them.

6 But king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel that were gathered unto him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen, so much that no man could count nor reckon.

7 So the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD into their place, into the choir of the house, into the holy of holies, under the wings of the cherubims,

8 And the cherubims spread forth their wings over the place of the ark: and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof from above.

9 And the staves were so long, that the knobs thereof were seen from the ark that was before the choir; but they were not seen without. And it was there unto this day.

10 And there was nothing in the ark, save the two tables which Moses put therein in Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt.

11 And when the priests were gone out of the holy place (for all the priests that were present sanctified themselves, that even the ordinances were not kept),

12 And the Levites with all that were under Assaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun, and their children, and their brethren, clothed in linen, and singing with cymbals, and psalteries, and harps, stood toward the east of the altar: and with them an hundred and twenty priests blowing with trumpets.

13 And it was as if one sounded with a trumpet, and sang, as if one heard a voice, praising and thanking the LORD. And when the voice was lifted up with the trumpets, and with the cymbals, and with other instruments, and with the praises of the LORD, that he is good, and that his mercy endureth for ever, the house of the LORD was filled with a cloud,

14 That the priests could not stand to minister before the cloud: for the glory of the LORD filled the house of GOD.