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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1When Solomon had finished constructing the LORD's temple, he put the holy items that belonged to his father David (the silver, gold, and all the other articles) in the treasuries of God's temple. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2Then Solomon convened Israel's elders--all the leaders of the Israelite tribes and families--in Jerusalem, so they could witness the transferal of the ark of the covenant of the LORD from the City of David (that is, Zion). |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3All the men of Israel assembled before the king during the festival in the seventh month. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4When all Israel's elders had arrived, the Levites lifted the ark. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5The priests and Levites carried the ark, the tent where God appeared to his people, and all the holy items in the tent. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6Now King Solomon and all the Israelites who had assembled with him went on ahead of the ark and sacrificed more sheep and cattle than could be counted or numbered. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7The priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its assigned place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, in the most holy place under the wings of the cherubs. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8The cherubs' wings extended over the place where the ark sat; the cherubs overshadowed the ark and its poles. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9The poles were so long their ends extending out from the ark were visible from in front of the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen from beyond that point. They have remained there to this very day. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets Moses had placed there in Horeb. (It was there that the LORD made an agreement with the Israelites after he brought them out of the land of Egypt.) |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11The priests left the holy place. All the priests who participated had consecrated themselves, no matter which division they represented. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12All the Levites who were musicians, including Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and relatives, wore linen. They played cymbals and stringed instruments as they stood east of the altar. They were accompanied by 120 priests who blew trumpets. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13The trumpeters and musicians played together, praising and giving thanks to the LORD. Accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and other instruments, they loudly praised the LORD, singing: "Certainly he is good; certainly his loyal love endures!" Then a cloud filled the LORD's temple. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14The priests could not carry out their duties because of the cloud; the LORD's splendor filled God's temple. |
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