Chapter 5

Thus all the work that Solomon made¹ for the house of the LORD was finished:⁴ and Solomon brought in⁵⁵ [all] the things that David his father had dedicated; and the silver, and the gold, and all the instruments, put¹ he among the treasures of the house of God.

Then Solomon assembled⁵⁵ 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 up⁵³ the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which [is] Zion.

Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled¹¹ themselves unto the king in the feast which [was] in the seventh month.

And all the elders of Israel came;⁴ and the Levites took up⁴ the ark.

And they brought up⁵⁵ 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.⁵²

Also king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel that were assembled¹² unto him before the ark, sacrificed¹⁸ sheep and oxen, which could not be told¹¹ nor numbered¹¹ for multitude.

And the priests brought in⁵⁵ 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:

For the cherubims spread forth⁶ [their] wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered¹⁷ the ark and the staves thereof above.

And they drew out⁵⁵ the staves [of the ark], that the ends of the staves were seen¹¹ from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen¹¹ without. And there it is unto this day.

[There was] nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses put¹ [therein] at Horeb, when the LORD made¹ [a covenant] with the children of Israel, when they came out² of Egypt.

And it came to pass, when the priests were come out² of the holy [place]: (for all the priests [that were] present¹² were sanctified,⁹⁸ [and] did not [then] wait² by course:

Also the Levites [which were] the singers,³⁵ all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, [being] arrayed³⁰ in white linen, having cymbals and psalteries and harps, stood⁶ at the east end of the altar, and with them an hundred and twenty priests sounding⁵⁶ with trumpets:)

It came even to pass, as the trumpeters^{18 2690 18} and singers³⁵ [were] as one, to make one sound to be heard⁵³ in praising¹⁵ and thanking⁵³ the LORD; and when they lifted up⁵³ [their] voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick, and praised¹⁵ the LORD, [saying], For [he is] good; for his mercy [endureth] for ever: that [then] the house was filled¹ with a cloud, [even] the house of the LORD;

So that the priests could¹ not stand² to minister¹⁵ by reason of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled¹ the house of God.