The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Chronicles 05
1 Thus all the work that Solomon did for
Yahweh’s house was finished. Solomon
brought in the things that David his father
had dedicated, even the silver, the gold,
and all the vessels, and put them in the
treasuries of God’s house.
2 Then Solomon assembled the elders of
Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the
princes of the fathers’ households of the
children of Israel, to Jerusalem, to bring
up the ark of Yahweh’s covenant out of
David’s city, which is Zion.
3 So all the men of Israel assembled
themselves to the king at the feast, which
was in the seventh month.
4 All the elders of Israel came. The
Levites took up the ark.
5 They brought up the ark, the Tent of
Meeting, and all the holy vessels that were
in the Tent. The Levitical priests brought
these up.
6 King Solomon and all the congregation
of Israel who were assembled to him were
before the ark, sacrificing sheep and cattle
that could not be counted or numbered for
multitude.
7 The priests brought in the ark of Yahweh’s covenant to its place, into the inner
sanctuary of the house, to the most holy
place, even under the wings of the cherubim.
8 For the cherubim spread out their
wings over the place of the ark, and the
cherubim covered the ark and its poles
above.
9 The poles were so long that the ends of
the poles were seen from the ark in front
of the inner sanctuary, but they were not
seen outside; and it is there to this day.
10 There was nothing in the ark except
the two tablets which Moses put there at
Horeb, when Yahweh made a covenant
with the children of Israel, when they
came out of Egypt.
11 When the priests had come out of the
holy place (for all the priests who were
present had sanctified themselves, and
didn’t keep their divisions;
12 also the Levites who were the singers,
all ofthem, even Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun,
and their sons and their brothers, arrayed
in fine linen, with cymbals and stringed instruments and harps, stood at the east end
of the altar, and with them one hundred
twenty priests sounding with trumpets);
13 when the trumpeters and singers
were as one, to make one sound to be
heard in praising and thanking Yahweh;
and when they lifted up their voice with
the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised Yahweh, saying,
“For he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever!”
then the house was filled with a cloud,
even Yahweh’s house,
14 so thatthe priests couldnot stand to minister by reason of the cloud; for Yahweh’s
glory filled God’s house.