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Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel ,
and all the heads of the tribes ,
the princes of the fathers '
houses 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 .
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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 Jehovah ,
and the tent of meeting ,
and all the holy vessels that were in the Tent ;
even these 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 counted nor numbered for multitude .
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And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of Jehovah unto its place ,
into the oracle of the house ,
to the most holy place ,
even under the wings of the cherubim .
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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 the staves were so long 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 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 Jehovah 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 Jehovah ,
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so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud ;
for the glory of Jehovah filled the house of Jehovah .
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Then spake Solomon ,
Jehovah hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness .
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I have surely built thee a house of habitation ,
a place for thee to dwell in for ever .
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And the king turned his face about ,
and blessed all the assembly of Israel :
and all the assembly of Israel stood .
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And he said ,
Blessed be Jehovah ,
the God of Israel ,
who spake with his mouth unto David thy 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 a house ,
that my name might be there ;
but I chose David to be over my people Israel .
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Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Jehovah ,
the God of Israel .
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But Jehovah said unto David my father ,
Whereas it was in thy heart to build a house for my name ,
thou didst well that it was in thy 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 for my name .
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And Jehovah hath established his word that he spake ;
for I am risen up in the room of David my father ,
and sit on the throne of Israel ,
as Jehovah promised ,
and have built the house for the name of Jehovah ,
the God of Israel .
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And there have I set 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 .