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Chapter 5
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Thus all the work that Solomon made for the house of
the LORD was finished: and Solomon brought in all the things
that David his father had dedicated; and the silver, and
the gold, and all the instruments, put he among the treasures
of the house of God. |
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Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all
the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the
children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark
of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which
is Zion. |
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Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves
unto the king in the feast which was in the seventh month. |
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And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took
up the ark. |
5
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And they brought up the ark, and the tabernacle of the
congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the
tabernacle, these did the priests and the Levites bring
up. |
6
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Also king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel
that were assembled unto him before the ark, sacrificed
sheep and oxen, which could not be told nor numbered for
multitude. |
7
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And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of
the LORD unto his place, to the oracle of the house, into
the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubim: |
8
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For the cherubim spread forth their wings over the place
of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and the staves
thereof above. |
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And they drew out the staves of the ark, that the ends
of the staves were seen from the ark before the oracle;
but they were not seen without. And there it is unto this
day. |
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There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which
Moses put therein at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant
with the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt. |
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And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of
the holy place: (for all the priests that were present
were sanctified, and did not then wait by course: |
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Also the Levites which were the singers, all of them
of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their
brethren, being arrayed in white linen, having cymbals
and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the
altar, and with them an hundred and twenty priests sounding
with trumpets:) |
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It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were
as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking
the LORD; and when they lifted up their voice with the
trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised
the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth
for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud,
even the house of the LORD; |
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So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason
of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the
house of God. |
