¶ Thus all the work that Solomon made for the house of the LORD was finished: and Solomon brought in all¹ 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.

Then Solomon² assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief³ of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark⁴ of the covenant of the LORD out⁵ of the city⁶ of David, which is Zion⁷.

Wherefore⁸ all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king in the feast⁹ which was in the seventh month.

And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites¹⁰ took up the ark.

And they brought up the ark, and the tabernacle¹¹ of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, these did the priests and the Levites bring up.

¹²Also 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.

And the priests¹³ brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, to the oracle¹⁴ of the house, into the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims:

For the cherubims spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves¹⁵ thereof above.

And they drew¹⁶ out the staves of the ark, that the ends¹⁷ of the staves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen without. And there it is unto this day¹⁹.

¶ There was nothing²⁰ in the ark save²¹ the two tables which Moses put therein at Horeb, when²² the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt.

¶ And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place: (for all the priests that were present²³ were sanctified, and did not then wait by course²⁴:

Also the Levites²⁵ which were the singers, all of them of Asaph²⁶, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, being arrayed²⁷ in white linen, having cymbals²⁸ and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them an hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets:)

It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one³⁰, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets³¹ and cymbals and instruments of musick, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good³²; for his mercy endureth for ever: that then the house³³ was filled with a cloud, even the house of the LORD;

So that the priests³⁴ could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory³⁵ of the LORD had filled the house of God.