2 Chronicles 5:2-14
The Ark Brought to the Temple
2Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the leaders of the fathers’ houses of the people of Israel, in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of athe city of David, which is Zion. 3And all the men of Israel assembled before the king at the feast that is in the seventh month. 4And all the elders of Israel came, band the Levites took up the ark. 5And they brought up the ark, the tent of meeting, and all the holy vessels that were in the tent; cthe Levitical priests brought them up. 6And King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, who had assembled before him, were before the ark, sacrificing so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered. 7Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the Lord to its place, in the inner sanctuary of the house, in the Most Holy Place, underneath the wings of the cherubim. 8The cherubim spread out their wings over the place of the ark, so that the cherubim made a covering above the ark and its poles. 9And the poles were so long that the ends of the poles were seen dfrom the Holy Place before the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen from outside. And they are ▼▼Hebrew it is
there to this day. 10There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets fthat Moses put there at Horeb, where the Lord made a covenant with the people of Israel, when they came out of Egypt. 11And when the priests came out of the Holy Place (for all the priests who were present had consecrated themselves, without regard to gtheir divisions, 12and all the Levitical hsingers, iAsaph, jHeman, and Jeduthun, their sons and kinsmen, arrayed in fine linen, with kcymbals, harps, and lyres, stood east of the altar with 120 lpriests who were trumpeters; 13and it was the duty of the trumpeters and singers to make themselves heard in unison in praise and thanksgiving to the Lord), and when the song was raised, mwith trumpets and cymbals and other musical instruments, in praise to the Lord, n“For he is good,
for his steadfast love endures forever,”
the house, the house of the Lord, was filled with a cloud, 14so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, ofor the glory of the Lord filled the house of God.
2 Chronicles 6:1-11
Solomon Blesses the People
1 pThen Solomon said, “The Lord has said that he would dwell in thick darkness. 2But I have built you qan exalted house, a place for you to dwell in forever.” 3Then the king turned around and blessed all the assembly of Israel, while all the assembly of Israel stood. 4And he said, “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who with his hand has fulfilled what he promised with his mouth to David my father, saying, 5‘Since the day that I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel in which to build a house, that my name might be there, and I chose no man as prince over my people Israel; 6 rbut I have chosen Jerusalem that my name may be there, sand I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.’ 7 tNow it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel. 8But the Lord said to David my father, ‘Whereas uit was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was in your heart. 9Nevertheless, it is not you who shall build the house, but your son who shall be born to you shall build the house for my name.’ 10Now the Lord has fulfilled his promise that he made. For I have risen in the place of David my father and sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised, and I have built the house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel. 11And there I have set the ark, vin which is the covenant of the Lord that he made with the people of Israel.”
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