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and carried it, the tent where God met with his people,[a] and all of the sacred implements that belonged in the tent. The Levitical priests carried these up to the City of David.[b] King Solomon and all the Israelis who had assembled together proceeded ahead of the ark and sacrificed more sheep and oxen than could be counted or recorded due to the number of sacrifices.[c]

The priests transported the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord to the place created for it within the inner sanctuary of the Temple, into the Most Holy Place under the wings of the cherubim.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 5:5 Lit. the Tent of Meeting
  2. 2 Chronicles 5:5 The Heb. lacks to the City of David
  3. 2 Chronicles 5:6 The Heb. lacks due to the number of sacrifices

and they brought up the ark and the tent of meeting and all the sacred furnishings in it. The Levitical priests(A) carried them up; and King Solomon and the entire assembly of Israel that had gathered about him were before the ark, sacrificing so many sheep and cattle that they could not be recorded or counted.

The priests then brought the ark(B) of the Lord’s covenant to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, and put it beneath the wings of the cherubim.

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