^{1 Ref} Then Solomon sent for all the responsible men of Israel, and all the chiefs of the tribes, and the heads of families of the children of Israel, to come to him in Jerusalem to take the ark of the Lord's agreement up out of the town of David, which is Zion.

^{2 Ref} And all the men of Israel came together to King Solomon at the feast, in the month Ethanim, the seventh month.

^{3 Ref} And all the responsible men of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.

^{4 Ref} They took up the ark of the Lord, and the Tent of meeting, and all the holy vessels which were in the Tent; all these the priests and the Levites took up.

^{5 Ref} And King Solomon and all the men of Israel who had come together there, were with him before the ark, making offerings of sheep and oxen more than might be numbered.

^{6 Ref} And the priests took the ark of the agreement of the Lord and put it in its place in the inner room of the house, in the most holy place, under the wings of the winged ones.

⁷ For their wings were outstretched over the place where the ark was, covering the ark and its rods.

^{8 Ref} The rods were so long that their ends were seen from the holy place, in front of the inmost room; but they were not seen from outside: and there they are to this day.

^{9 Ref} There was nothing in the ark but the two flat stones which Moses put there at Horeb, where the Lord made an agreement with the children of Israel when they came out of the land of Egypt.

^{10 Ref} Now when the priests had come out of the holy place, the house of the Lord was full of the cloud,

^{11 Ref} So that the priests were not able to keep their places to do their work because of the cloud, for the house of the Lord was full of the glory of the Lord.

^{12 Ref} Then Solomon said, O Lord, to the sun you have given the heaven for a living-place, but your living-place was not seen by men;

^{1 Ref} Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the princes of the fathers' [houses] of the children of Israel, to king Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Yahweh out of the city of David, which is Zion.

^{2 Ref} All the men of Israel assembled themselves to king Solomon at the feast, in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month.

^{3 Ref} All the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.

^{4 Ref} They brought up the ark of Yahweh, and the tent of meeting, and all the holy vessels that were in the Tent; even these did the priests and the Levites bring up.

^{5 Ref} King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, who were assembled to him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be counted nor numbered for multitude.

^{6 Ref} The priests brought in the ark of the covenant of Yahweh to its place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubim.

⁷ For the cherubim spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and the poles of it above.

^{8 Ref} The poles were so long that the ends of the poles were seen from the holy place before the oracle; but they were not seen outside: and there they are to this day.

^{9 Ref} There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone which Moses put there at Horeb, when Yahweh made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.

^{10 Ref} It came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of Yahweh,

^{11 Ref} so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud; for the glory of Yahweh filled the house of Yahweh.

^{12 Ref} Then spoke Solomon, Yahweh has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.