2Chronicles:5

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* The work Solomon did on Jehovah ’s Temple was finished . He brought the holy things that had belonged to his father David , the silver , gold , and all the utensils . He put them in the storerooms of God ’s Temple . * Then Solomon assembled the respected leaders of Israel , all the heads of the tribes , and the leaders of the Israelite families . They came to Jerusalem to take the Ark of the Covenant of Jehovah from the City of David , which is Zion . * The men of Israel gathered around the king at the Festival of Booths in the seventh month . * When all the leaders of Israel had arrived , the Levites picked up the ark . * They brought the Ark , the Tent of Meeting , and all the holy utensils in it to the Temple . The priests and the Levites carried them * while King Solomon and the whole assembly from Israel were offering countless sheep and cattle sacrifices in front of the Ark . * The priests brought Jehovah ’s Ark of the Covenant to its place in the inner room of the Temple , the most holy place , under the wings of the cherubim . * The cherubim outstretched wings were over the place where the Ark rested so that the cherubim became a covering above the Ark and its poles . * The poles were so long that their ends could be seen in the holy place by anyone standing in front of the inner room . However they could not be seen outside . They are still there today . * There was nothing in the Ark except the two tablets Moses placed there at Horeb , where Jehovah made a covenant with the Israelites after they left Egypt . * All the priests who were present had performed the ceremonies to make themselves holy to God without regard to staying in their divisions . * All the Levites who were musicians : Asaph , Heman , Jeduthun , their sons , and their relatives were dressed in fine linen and stood east of the altar with cymbals , harps , and lyres . With the musicians were one hundred and twenty priests blowing trumpets . When the priests left the holy place , * the trumpeters and singers praised and thanked Jehovah in unison . Accompanied by trumpets , cymbals , and other musical instruments , they sang in praise to Jehovah : »He is good ; his mercy endures forever .« Then Jehovah ’s Temple was filled with a cloud . * The priests could not serve because of the cloud . Jehovah ’s glory filled the Temple of God .

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