3
So all the men of Israel assembled before the king at the annual Festival of Shelters, which is held in early autumn.
4
When all the elders of Israel arrived, the Levites picked up the Ark.
5
The priests and Levites brought up the Ark along with the special tent and all the sacred items that had been in it.
6
There, before the Ark, King Solomon and the entire community of Israel sacrificed so many sheep, goats, and cattle that no one could keep count!
7
Then the priests carried the Ark of the LORD ’s Covenant into the inner sanctuary of the Temple—the Most Holy Place—and placed it beneath the wings of the cherubim.
Footnotes 1
[a].
Hebrew the Tent of Meeting; i.e., the tent mentioned in 2 Sam 6:17 and 1 Chr 16:1 .