1 Kings 8:1–21

Then ^aSolomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, ^bthat they might bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord ^cout of the city of David, which is Zion. ²And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon at the ^dfeast in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month. ³And all the elders of Israel came, and ^ethe priests took up the ark. ⁴And they brought up the ark of the Lord, ^fand the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, even those did the priests and the Levites bring up. ⁵And king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled unto him, were with him before the ark, ^gsacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be told nor numbered for multitude. ⁶And the priests ^bbrought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord unto ^hhis place, into ⁱthe oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even ^kunder the wings of the cherubims. ⁷For the cherubims spread forth their two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above. ⁸And they ^ldrew out the staves, that the ends of the staves were seen out in the holy place before ⁱthe oracle, and they were not seen without: and there they are unto this day. ⁹There was nothing in the ark save ^mthe two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when ⁿthe Lord made ^oa covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt. ¹⁰And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud ^pfilled the house of the Lord, ¹¹so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the Lord had filled the house of the Lord.

^12qThen spake Solomon, The Lord said that he would dwell ^rin the thick darkness. ^13sI have surely built thee a house to dwell in, a ^tsettled place for thee to abide in for ever. ¹⁴And the king turned his face about, and ^ublessed all the congregation of Israel: (and all the congregation of Israel stood;) ¹⁵and he said, ^wBlessed be the Lord God of Israel, ^xwhich spake with his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hand fulfilled it, saying, ¹⁶Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house, that ^ymy name might be therein; but I chose ^zDavid to be over my people Israel. ¹⁷And ^ait was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of the Lord God of Israel. ¹⁸And the Lord said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thine heart to build a house unto my name, thou didst well that it was in thine heart. ¹⁹Nevertheless ^bthou shalt not build the house; but thy son that ^cshall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto my name. ²⁰And the Lord hath performed his word that he spake, and I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, ^das the Lord promised, and have built a house for the name of the Lord God of Israel. ²¹And I have set there a place for the ark, wherein is ^ethe covenant of the Lord, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.