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Solomon brings the Covenant Box to the temple

Then Solomon told all the leaders of Israel to come to him in Jerusalem. They were all the leaders of the Israelite tribes and families. He wanted them to bring the Lord's Covenant Box from Mount Zion, the City of David, to put it in the temple.[a] So all the Israelite leaders came together to meet with King Solomon. This happened during the Festival of Huts in the seventh month of the year.

When all Israel's leaders had arrived, the Levites lifted up the Covenant Box.

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Footnotes

  1. 5:2 Before they built the temple, King David had put the Covenant Box in a special tent.