5. When Jeremiah arrived, he discovered a cave where he deposited the meeting tent, the covenant chest, and the incense altar. He blocked up the opening.
6. Some who had accompanied him went along to mark the way but couldn’t find it again.
7. When Jeremiah found out, he rebuked them and said: "The place will remain unknown until God gathers the people together again and shows mercy.
8. Then the Lord will disclose these things. The Lord’s glory will appear with the cloud, as they were revealed in the time of Moses and when Solomon prayed that the place might be made holy."
9. It was also made clear that, since Solomon possessed wisdom, he offered up a sacrifice for the inauguration and completion of the temple.
10. Just as Moses prayed to the Lord and fire came down from heaven and consumed the components of the sacrifice, so also Solomon prayed and fire came down to consume the entirely burned offerings.
11. Moses said, "Because the purification offering had not been eaten, it was destroyed by fire."
12. Likewise, Solomon observed the eight days.
13. Nehemiah also narrated the same things in his writings and journals. He also told how, when Solomon established a library, he gathered the scrolls concerning the kings and prophets and the scrolls of David and letters of kings regarding offerings for solemn promises.
14. In the same way, Judas also gathered together all the scrolls that went missing because of the war, so that those documents are now in our possession.
15. So if you need them, send messengers to carry them back.