1 Kings 8:2

1 Kings 8:1-11

¹Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, all the heads of the tribes, the chiefs of the fathers’ houses of the sons of Israel, to King Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of YHWH from the city of David, that is Zion. ²And all the men of Israel assembled to King Solomon in the month of Ethanim, at the feast, that is the seventh month. ³And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests carried the ark. ⁴And they brought up the ark of YHWH and the tent of meeting and all the holy utensils that were in the tent; the priests and the Levites brought them up. ⁵And King Solomon and all the community of Israel who had gathered to him were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and cattle that could not be counted or numbered for multitude. ⁶And the priests brought the ark of the covenant of YHWH to its place, to the inner sanctuary of the house, to the Most Holy Place, to beneath the wings of the cherubim. ⁷For the cherubim were spreading their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered over the ark and over its poles from above. ⁸And the poles were so long that the ends of the poles were seen from the Holy Place in front of the inner sanctuary, but they were not seen outside; and they are there to this day. ⁹There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets of stone that Moses had placed there at Horeb, where YHWH made a covenant with the sons of Israel when they came out of the land of Egypt. ¹⁰And it happened, when the priests came out of the Holy Place, that the cloud filled the house of YHWH, ¹¹and the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of YHWH filled the house of YHWH.

2 Chronicles 5:2-14

²Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the chiefs of the fathers’ houses of the sons of Israel, in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of YHWH from the city of David, which is Zion. ³All the men of Israel assembled before the king at the feast, that is, the seventh month. ⁴All the elders of Israel came, and the Levites carried the ark. ⁵They brought up the ark, the tent of meeting, and all the holy utensils that were in the tent; the priests, the Levites, brought them up. ⁶King Solomon and all the community of Israel, who had gathered to him, were before the ark, sacrificing sheep and cattle that could not be counted or numbered for multitude. ⁷The priests brought the ark of the covenant of YHWH to its place, to the inner sanctuary of the house, to the Most Holy Place, under the wings of the cherubim. ⁸The cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and its poles from above. ⁹The poles were long, so that the ends of the poles were seen from the ark, in front of the inner sanctuary, but they were not seen outside; and it has been there to this day. ¹⁰There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets that Moses put there at Horeb, where YHWH made a covenant with the sons of Israel when they came out of Egypt. ¹¹And it happened, when the priests came out of the Holy Place— for all the priests who were present had sanctified themselves, without keeping the divisions— ¹²and the Levites, the singers, all of them, Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and their brothers, clothed in fine linen, with cymbals, harps, and lyres, were standing east of the altar, and with them a hundred and twenty priests sounding the trumpets; ¹³and it happened, as one, that the trumpeters and the singers were to make one voice heard to praise and to give thanks to YHWH; and when they raised their voice with the trumpets and with cymbals and with instruments of song, and praised YHWH, “For he is good, for his loyal love is forever,” then the house was filled with a cloud, the house of YHWH, ¹⁴and the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of YHWH had filled the house of Elohim.