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Thus all the work[H4399] that Solomon[H8010]made[H6213] for the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068] was finished[H7999]: and Solomon[H8010]brought[H935] in all the things[H6944] that David[H1732] his father[H1] had dedicated[H6944]; and the silver[H3701], and the gold[H2091], and all the instruments[H3627], put[H5414] he among the treasures[H214] of the house[H1004] of God[H430].
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Then Solomon[H8010]assembled[H6950] the elders[H2205] of Israel[H3478], and all the heads[H7218] of the tribes[H4294], the chief[H5387] of the fathers[H1] of the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478], unto Jerusalem[H3389], to bring up[H5927] the ark[H727] of the covenant[H1285] of the LORD[H3068] out of the city[H5892] of David[H1732], which is Zion[H6726].
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Wherefore all the men[H376] of Israel[H3478]assembled[H6950] themselves unto the king[H4428] in the feast[H2282] which was in the seventh[H7637]month[H2320].
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And all the elders[H2205] of Israel[H3478]came[H935]; and the Levites[H3881] took up[H5375] the ark[H727].
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And they brought up[H5927] the ark[H727], and the tabernacle[H168] of the congregation[H4150], and all the holy[H6944]vessels[H3627] that were in the tabernacle[H168], these did the priests[H3548] and the Levites[H3881] bring up[H5927].
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Also king[H4428]Solomon[H8010], and all the congregation[H5712] of Israel[H3478] that were assembled[H3259] unto him before[H6440] the ark[H727], sacrificed[H2076]sheep[H6629] and oxen[H1241], which could not be told[H5608] nor numbered[H4487] for multitude[H7230].
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And the priests[H3548] brought in[H935] the ark[H727] of the covenant[H1285] of the LORD[H3068] unto his place[H4725], to the oracle[H1687] of the house[H1004], into the most[H6944]holy[H6944]place[H4725], even under the wings[H3671] of the cherubims[H3742]:
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For the cherubims[H3742] spread forth[H6566] their wings[H3671] over the place[H4725] of the ark[H727], and the cherubims[H3742]covered[H3680] the ark[H727] and the staves[H905] thereof above[H4605].
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And they drew out[H748] the staves[H905] of the ark[H727], that the ends[H7218] of the staves[H905] were seen[H7200] from the ark[H727]before[H6440] the oracle[H1687]; but they were not seen[H7200]without[H2351]. And there it is unto this day[H3117].
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There was nothing in the ark[H727] save the two[H8147]tables[H3871] which Moses[H4872]put[H5414] therein at Horeb[H2722], when the LORD[H3068]made[H3772] a covenant with the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478], when they came out[H3318] of Egypt[H4714].
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And it came to pass, when the priests[H3548] were come out[H3318] of the holy[H6944] place:(for all the priests[H3548] that were present[H4672] were sanctified[H6942], and did not then wait[H8104] by course[H4256]:
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Also the Levites[H3881] which were the singers[H7891], all of them of Asaph[H623], of Heman[H1968], of Jeduthun[H3038], with their sons[H1121] and their brethren[H251], being arrayed[H3847] in white linen[H948], having cymbals[H4700] and psalteries[H5035] and harps[H3658], stood[H5975] at the east end[H4217] of the altar[H4196], and with them an hundred[H3967] and twenty[H6242]priests[H3548]sounding[H2690] with trumpets[H2689]:)
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It came even to pass, as the trumpeters[H2690] and singers[H7891] were as one[H259], to make one[H259]sound[H6963] to be heard[H8085] in praising[H1984] and thanking[H3034] the LORD[H3068]; and when they lifted up[H7311] their voice[H6963] with the trumpets[H2689] and cymbals[H4700] and instruments[H3627] of musick[H7892], and praised[H1984] the LORD[H3068], saying, For he is good[H2896]; for his mercy[H2617] endureth for ever[H5769]: that then the house[H1004] was filled[H4390] with a cloud[H6051], even the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068];
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So that the priests[H3548]could[H3201] not stand[H5975] to minister[H8334] by reason[H6440] of the cloud[H6051]: for the glory[H3519] of the LORD[H3068] had filled[H4390] the house[H1004] of God[H430].