1. So Solomon finished all his work on the Temple of the lord. Then he brought all the gifts his father, David, had dedicated—the silver, the gold, and the various articles—and he stored them in the treasuries of the Temple of God.
2. Solomon then summoned to Jerusalem the elders of Israel and all the heads of tribes—the leaders of the ancestral families of Israel. They were to bring the Ark of the lord’s Covenant to the Temple from its location in the City of David, also known as Zion.
3. So all the men of Israel assembled before the king at the annual Festival of Shelters, which is held in early autumn.
4. When all the elders of Israel arrived, the Levites picked up the Ark.
5. The priests and Levites brought up the Ark along with the special tent and all the sacred items that had been in it.
6. There, before the Ark, King Solomon and the entire community of Israel sacrificed so many sheep, goats, and cattle that no one could keep count!