1Thus all the work that Solomon wrought for the house of LORD was finished. And Solomon brought in the things that David his father had dedicated, even the silver, and the gold, and all the vessels, and put them in the treasuries of 2Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the rulers of the fathers of the sons of Israel, to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion. 3And all the men of Israel assembled themselves to the king at the feast, which was [in] the seventh month. 4And all the elders of Israel came. And the Levites took up the ark. 5And they brought up the ark, and the tent of meeting, and all the holy vessels that were in the tent. These the priests the Levites brought up. 6And king Solomon and all the congregation of Israel that were assembled to him, were before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen that could not be counted nor numbered for multitude. 7And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of LORD to its place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubim. 8For the cherubim spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and the staves of it above. 9And the staves were so long that the ends of the staves were seen from the ark before the oracle, but they were not seen outside. And there it is to this day. 10There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets which Moses put [there] at Horeb when LORD made a covenant with the sons of Israel, when they came out of Egypt. 11And it came to pass, when the priests came out of the holy place, (for all the priests that were present had sanctified themselves, and did not keep their divisions. 12Also the Levites who were the singers, all of them, even Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and their brothers, arrayed in fine linen, with cymbals and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them a h 13it came to pass, when the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking LORD. And when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised LORD 14so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud. For the glory of LORD filled the house of God.