2. All the men of Israel assembled themselves to King Solomon at the Feast in the month of Ethanim, which is the seventh month.
3. Then all the elders of Israel came and the kohanim brought up the ark.
4. They brought up the ark of Adonai, the Tent of Meeting and all the holy vessels that were in the Tent the kohanim and the Levites brought them up.
5. Now King Solomon—and all the congregation of Israel who were assembled to him—were with him before the ark sacrificing so many sheep and oxen that they could not be numbered or counted.
6. The kohanim brought the ark of the covenant of Adonai to its place, into the inner Sanctuary of the House, to the Holy of Holies, under the wings of the cheruvim.
7. For the cheruvim spread out their wings over the place of the ark, and the cheruvim covered the ark and its poles from above.
8. But the poles were so long that the ends of the poles were seen from the Holy Place before the inner Sanctuary, but they could not be seen outside; there they are to this day.
9. Nothing was in the ark except the two tables of stone that Moses put there at Horeb, when Adonai cut a covenant with the children of Israel when they came out of the land of Egypt.
10. Now when the kohanim came out of the Holy Place, the cloud filled the House of Adonai,
11. so that the kohanim could not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of Adonai filled the House of Adonai.
12. Then Solomon spoke: “Adonai said that He would dwell in the thick cloud.
13. I have surely built You a magnificent House, a place for Your dwelling forever.”
14. Then the king turned his face about and blessed the whole congregation of Israel while the whole congregation of Israel was standing.