1Kings:8:1-21

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* Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel , and all the heads of the tribes , the princes of the fathers 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 . * And all the men of Israel assembled themselves to king Solomon at the feast in the month Ethanim , that is , the seventh month . * And all the elders of Israel came ; and the priests took up the ark . * And they brought up the ark of Jehovah , and the tent of meeting , and all the holy vessels that were in the tent : the priests and the Levites brought them up . * And king Solomon , and all the assembly of Israel that were assembled to him , [who were ] with him before the ark , sacrificed sheep and oxen , which could not be counted nor numbered for multitude . * And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of Jehovah to its place , into the oracle of the house , into the most holy place , under the wings of the cherubim ; * for the cherubim stretched forth [their ] wings over the place of the ark , and the cherubim covered the ark and its staves above . * And the staves were long , so 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 to this day . * There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone which Moses placed there at Horeb , when Jehovah made [a covenant ] with the children of Israel , when they came out of the land of Egypt . * And it came to pass when the priests were come out of the holy place , that the cloud filled the house of Jehovah , * and the priests could not stand to do their service because of the cloud ; for the glory of Jehovah had filled the house of Jehovah . * Then said Solomon : Jehovah said that he would dwell in the thick darkness . * I have indeed built a house of habitation for thee , a settled place for thee to abide in for ever . * And the king turned his face , and blessed the whole congregation of Israel ; and the whole congregation of Israel stood . * And he said : Blessed be Jehovah the God of Israel , who spoke with his mouth unto David my father , and hath with his hand fulfilled it , saying , * Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt , I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house in , that my name might be there ; but I have chosen David to be over my people Israel . * And it was in the heart of David my father to build a house unto the name of Jehovah the God of Israel . * But Jehovah said to David my father , Whereas it was in thy heart to build a house unto my name , thou didst well that it was in thy heart ; * nevertheless thou shalt not build the house ; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins , he shall build the house unto my name . * And Jehovah has performed his word which he spoke ; and I am risen up in the room of David my father , and sit on the throne of Israel , as Jehovah promised , and I have built the house unto the name of Jehovah the God of Israel . * And I have set there a place for the ark , wherein is the covenant of Jehovah , which he made with our fathers when he brought them out of the land of Egypt .

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