Dual Panel1When Solomon <08010> had finished <07999> constructing <04399> the <06213> Lord’s <03068> temple <01004>, he <08010> put <0935> the holy <06944> items that belonged to his father <01> David <01732> (the <0853> silver <03701>, gold <02091>, and all <03605> the other <03605> articles <03627>) in the treasuries <0214> of God’s <0430> temple <01004>.
2Then <0227> Solomon <08010> convened <06950> Israel’s <03478> elders <02205>– all <03605> the leaders <05387> <07218> of the Israelite <03478> <01121> tribes <04294> and families <01>– in Jerusalem <03389>, so they could witness the transferal <05927> of the ark <0727> of the covenant <01285> of the Lord <03068> from <0413> the City <05892> of David <01732> (that <01931> is, Zion <06726>).
3All <03605> the men <0376> of Israel <03478> assembled <06950> before <0413> the king <04428> during the festival <02282> in the seventh <07637> month <02320>.
4When all <03605> Israel’s <03478> elders <02205> had arrived <0935>, the Levites <03881> lifted <05375> the ark <0727>.
5The priests <03548> and Levites <03881> carried <05927> the ark <0727>, the tent <0168> where God appeared <05927> to his people <04150>, and all <03605> the holy <06944> items <03627> in the tent <0168>.
6Now King <04428> Solomon <08010> and all <03605> the Israelites <03478> <05712> who had assembled <03259> with him went on <05921> ahead <06440> of the ark <0727> and sacrificed <02076> more <07230> sheep <06629> and cattle <01241> than could <03808> be counted <04487> or numbered.
7The priests <03548> brought <0935> the ark <0727> of the covenant <01285> of the Lord <03068> to <0413> its assigned place <04725> in the inner sanctuary <01687> of the temple <01004>, in <0413> the most <06944> holy <06944> place under <08478> the wings <03671> of the cherubs <03742>.
8The cherubs <03742>’ wings <03671> extended <06566> over <05921> the place <04725> where the ark <0727> sat <03680>; the cherubs <03742> overshadowed <05921> the ark <0727> and its poles <0905>.
9The poles <0905> were so long <0748> their ends <07218> extending out from the ark <0727> were visible <07200> from <04480> in front <06440> of the inner sanctuary <01687>, but they could not <03808> be seen <07200> from beyond that point <02351>. They have remained <01961> there <08033> to this <02088> very day <03117>.
10There was nothing <0369> in the ark <0727> except <07535> the two <08147> tablets <03871> Moses <04872> had placed <05414> there in Horeb <02722>. (It was there that <0834> the Lord <03068> made <03772> an agreement with <05973> the Israelites <03478> <01121> after he brought <03318> them out <03318> of the land of Egypt <04714>.)
11The priests <03548> left <03318> the holy place <06944>. All <03605> the priests <03548> who participated <04672> had consecrated <06942> themselves, no matter <0369> which division <04256> they represented <08104>.
12All <03605> the Levites <03881> who were musicians <07891>, including Asaph <0623>, Heman <01968>, Jeduthun <03038>, and their sons <01121> and relatives <0251>, wore <03847> linen <0948>. They played cymbals <04700> and stringed instruments <03658> <05035> as they stood <05975> east <04217> of the altar <04196>. They were accompanied by <05973> 120 <06242> <03967> priests <03548> who blew <02690> trumpets <02689>.
13The trumpeters <02690> and musicians <07891> played <01961> together <0259>, praising <01984> and giving thanks <03034> to the Lord <03068>. Accompanied by trumpets <02689>, cymbals <04700>, and other instruments <07892> <03627>, they loudly praised <06963> <07311> the Lord <03068>, singing <01984>: “Certainly <03588> he is good <02896>; certainly <03588> his loyal love <02617> endures <05769>!” Then a cloud <06051> filled <04390> the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004>.
14The priests <03548> could <03201> not <03808> carry out <05975> their duties <08334> because <06440> of the cloud <06051>; the Lord’s <03068> splendor <03519> filled <04390> God’s <0430> temple <01004>.