1Kings:8:1-21
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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 king Solomon in Jerusalem ,
that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David ,
which is Zion .
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And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon at the feast in the month Ethanim ,
which is the seventh month .
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And all the elders of Israel came ,
and the priests took up the ark .
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And they brought up the ark of the LORD ,
and the tabernacle of the congregation ,
and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle ,
even those did the priests and the Levites bring up .
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And king Solomon ,
and all the congregation of Israel ,
that were assembled unto him ,
were with him before the ark ,
sacrificing sheep and oxen ,
that could not be told nor numbered for multitude .
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And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place ,
into the oracle of the house ,
to the most holy place ,
even under the wings of the cherubims .
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For the cherubims spread forth their two wings over the place of the ark ,
and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above .
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And they drew out the staves ,
that the ends of the staves were seen out in the holy place before the oracle ,
and they were not seen without :
and there they are unto this day .
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There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone ,
which Moses put there at Horeb ,
when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel ,
when they came out of the land of Egypt .
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And it came to pass ,
when the priests were come out of the holy place ,
that the cloud filled the house of the LORD ,
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So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud :
for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of the LORD .
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Then spake Solomon ,
The LORD said that he would dwell in the thick darkness .
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I have surely built thee an house to dwell in ,
a settled place for thee to abide in for ever .
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And the king turned his face about ,
and blessed all the congregation of Israel : (
and all the congregation of Israel stood ;)
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And he said ,
Blessed be the LORD God of Israel ,
which spake with his mouth unto David my father ,
and hath with his hand fulfilled it ,
saying ,
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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 an house ,
that my name might be therein ;
but I chose David to be over my people Israel .
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And it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel .
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And the LORD said unto David my father ,
Whereas it was in thine heart to build an house unto my name ,
thou didst well that it was in thine heart .
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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 .
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And the LORD hath performed his word that he spake ,
and I am risen up in the room of David my father ,
and sit on the throne of Israel ,
as the LORD promised ,
and have built an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel .
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And I have set there a place for the ark ,
wherein is the covenant of the LORD ,
which he made with our fathers ,
when he brought them out of the land of Egypt .