Thus all the workthatSolomonmade for the house of the LORD was finished: and Solomonbrought in all the thingsthatDavid his father had dedicated; and the silver, and the gold, and all the instruments, put he among the treasures of the house of God.
ThenSolomonassembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, untoJerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion.
And theybrought up the ark, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holyvesselsthatwere in the tabernacle, these did the priests and the Levitesbring up.
AlsokingSolomon, and all the congregation of Israelthatwereassembledunto him before the ark, sacrificedsheep and oxen, whichcould not be told nor numbered for multitude.
And the priestsbrought in the ark of the covenant of the LORDunto his place, to the oracle of the house, into the mostholyplace, evenunder the wings of the cherubims:
And theydrew out the staves of the ark, that the ends of the staveswereseenfrom the ark before the oracle; but theywere not seenwithout. And there it is untothis day.
There was nothing in the ark save the two tableswhichMoses put therein at Horeb, when the LORDmade a covenantwith the children of Israel, whentheycame out of Egypt.
Also the Leviteswhichwere the singers, all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, withtheirsons and theirbrethren, beingarrayed in whitelinen, havingcymbals and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and withthem an hundred and twentypriestssoundingwithtrumpets:)
It cameeven to pass, as the trumpeters and singerswere as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and whentheylifted up theirvoicewith the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercyendureth for ever: thatthen the house was filledwith a cloud, even the house of the LORD;