1 Thus all the work that Shlomo did for the house ofAdonaiwas finished. Then Shlomo brought in the gifts which David his father had consecrated — the silver, the gold and all the utensils — and put them in the treasuries of the house of God.
2 Shlomo assembled all the leaders of Isra’el and all the heads of the tribes and the chiefs of the paternal clans of the people of Isra’el, to Yerushalayim, to bring the ark for the covenant ofAdonaiout of the City of David, also known as Tziyon.
3 All the people of Isra’el assembled before the king at the festival in the seventh month.
4 All the leaders of Isra’el came. TheL’vi’imtook the ark
5 and brought up the ark, the tent of meeting and all the holy utensils that were in the tent; these are what thecohanimandL’vi’imbrought up.
6 King Shlomo and the whole community of Isra’el who had assembled in his presence were in front of the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen in numbers beyond counting or recording.
7 Thecohanimbrought the ark for the covenant ofAdonaiin to its place inside the sanctuary of the house, to the Especially Holy Place, under the wings of thek’ruvim.
8 For thek’ruvimspread out their wings over the place for the ark, covering the ark and its poles from above.
9 The poles were so long that their ends could be seen [extending] from the ark into the sanctuary, but they could not be seen from outside; they are there to this day.
10 There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets Moshe put there at Horev, whenAdonaimade the covenant with the people of Isra’el at the time of their leaving Egypt.
11 When thecohanimcame out of the Holy Place (for all thecohanimwho were present had consecrated themselves; they didn’t keep to their divisions;
12 also theL’vi’imwho were the singers, all of them — Asaf, Heman, Y’dutun and their sons and relatives — dressed in fine linen, with cymbals, lutes and lyres, stood on the east side of the altar; and with them 120cohanimsounding trumpets),
13 then, when the trumpeters and singers were playing in concord, to be heard harmoniously praising and thankingAdonai, and they lifted their voices together with the trumpets, cymbals and other musical instruments to praiseAdonai: “for he is good, for his grace continues forever” — then, the house, the house ofAdonai, was filled with a cloud;
14 so that because of the cloud, thecohanimcould not stand up to perform their service; for the glory ofAdonaifilled the house of God.