1. Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, before King Solomon in Jerusalem, so that they could ensure that the ark of the covenant of the Lord would be brought out of the City of David in Zion.
2. All the men of Israel assembled themselves before King Solomon at the feast in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month.
3. All the elders of Israel came, and the priests carried the ark.
4. The priests and Levites brought up the ark of the Lord, the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy implements that were in the tabernacle.