^{1 Ref} Then doth Solomon assemble the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, princes of the fathers of the sons of Israel, unto king Solomon, to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah from the city of David -- it `is' Zion;

^{2 Ref} and all the men of Israel are assembled unto king Solomon, in the month of Ethanim, in the festival -- `is' the seventh month.

^{3 Ref} And all the elders of Israel come in, and the priests lift up the ark,

^{4 Ref} and bring up the ark of Jehovah, and the tent of meeting, and all the holy vessels that `are' in the tent, yea, the priests and the Levites bring them up.

^{5 Ref} And king Solomon and all the company of Israel who are met unto him `are' with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that are not counted nor numbered for multitude.

^{6 Ref} And the priests bring in the ark of the covenant of Jehovah unto its place, unto the oracle of the house, unto the holy of holies, unto the place of the wings of the cherubs;

⁷ for the cherubs are spreading forth two wings unto the place of the ark, and the cherubs cover over the ark, and over its staves from above;

^{8 Ref} and they lengthen the staves, and the heads of the staves are seen from the holy `place' on the front of the oracle, and are not seen without, and they are there unto this day.

^{9 Ref} There is nothing in the ark, only the two tables of stone which Moses put there in Horeb, when Jehovah covenanted with the sons of Israel in their going out of the land of Egypt.

^{10 Ref} And it cometh to pass, in the going out of the priests from the holy `place', that the cloud hath filled the house of Jehovah,

^{11 Ref} and the priests have not been able to stand to minister because of the cloud, for the honour of Jehovah hath filled the house of Jehovah.

^{12 Ref} Then said Solomon, `Jehovah hath said to dwell in thick darkness;

^{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, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah out of the city of David, which is Zion.

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

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

^{4 Ref} And they brought up the ark of Jehovah, 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} And king Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled unto him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be counted nor numbered for multitude.

^{6 Ref} And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of Jehovah unto 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 staves thereof above.

^{8 Ref} And the staves were so long that the ends of the staves were seen from the holy place before the oracle; but they were not seen without: and there they are unto this day.

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

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

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

^{12 Ref} Then spake Solomon, Jehovah hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.