1 intulit igitur Salomon omnia quae voverat David pater suus
argentum et aurum et universa vasa posuit in thesauris domus Dei
2 post quae congregavit maiores natu Israhel
et cunctos principes tribuum et capita familiarum
de filiis Israhel in Hierusalem
ut adducerent arcam foederis Domini
de civitate David quae est Sion
3 venerunt igitur ad regem omnes viri Israhel
in die sollemni mensis septimi
4 cumque venissent cuncti seniorum Israhel
portaverunt Levitae arcam
5 et intulerunt eam et omnem paraturam tabernaculi
porro vasa sanctuarii quae erant in tabernaculo
portaverunt sacerdotes cum Levitis
6 rex autem Salomon et universus coetus Israhel
et omnes qui fuerant congregati ante arcam
immolabant arietes et boves absque ullo numero
tanta enim erat multitudo victimarum
7 et intulerunt sacerdotes arcam foederis Domini in locum suum
id est ad oraculum templi in sancta sanctorum subter alas
cherubin
8 ita ut cherubin expanderent alas suas
super locum in quo posita erat arca
et ipsam arcam tegerent cum vectibus eius
9 vectium autem quibus portabatur arca
quia paululum longiores erant capita parebant ante oraculum
si vero quis paululum fuisset extrinsecus eos videre non poterat
fuit itaque arca ibi usque in praesentem diem
10 nihilque erat aliud in arca nisi duae tabulae
quas posuerat Moses in Horeb
quando legem dedit Dominus filiis Israhel egredientibus ex Aegypto
11 egressis autem sacerdotibus de sanctuario
omnes enim sacerdotes qui ibi potuerant inveniri
sanctificati sunt
nec adhuc illo tempore vices et ministeriorum ordo inter
eos divisus erat
12 tam Levitae quam cantores
id est et qui sub Asaph erant
et qui sub Heman et qui sub Idithun
filii et fratres eorum vestiti byssinis
cymbalis et psalteriis et citharis concrepabant
stantes ad orientalem plagam altaris
cumque eis sacerdotes centum
viginti canentes tubis
13 igitur cunctis pariter et tubis et voce et cymbalis et organis et
diversi generis musicorum concinentibus
et vocem in sublime tollentibus longe sonitus audiebatur
ita ut cum Dominum laudare coepissent et dicere
confitemini Domino quoniam bonus
quoniam in aeternum misericordia eius
impleretur domus Domini nube
14 nec possent sacerdotes stare et ministrare propter caliginem
conpleverat enim gloria Domini domum Dei
1 Thus all the work that Solomon made for the house of the LORD was finished: and Solomon brought in all the things that David his father had dedicated; and the silver, and the gold, and all the instruments, put he among the treasures of the house of God.
2 ¶ 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 Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion. 3 Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king in the feast which was in the seventh month. 4 And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up the ark. 5 And they brought up the ark, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, these did the priests and the Levites bring up. 6 Also king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel that were assembled unto him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen, which could not be told nor numbered for multitude. 7 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, to the oracle of the house, into the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims: 8 For the cherubims spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above. 9 And they drew out the staves of the ark , that the ends of the staves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen without. And there it is unto this day. 10 There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses put therein at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt.
11 ¶ And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place: (for all the priests that were present were sanctified, and did not then wait by course: 12 Also the Levites which were the singers, all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, being arrayed in white linen, having cymbals and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them an hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets:) 13 It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick, and praised the LORD, saying , For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the LORD; 14 So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of God.