1 Thus all the work that Solomon made for the house of the LORD was finished: and Solomon brought in all the things that David his father had dedicated; and the silver, and the gold, and all the instruments, put he among the treasures of the house of God.
2 ¶ Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion. 3 Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king in the feast which was in the seventh month. 4 And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up the ark. 5 And they brought up the ark, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, these did the priests and the Levites bring up. 6 Also king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel that were assembled unto him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen, which could not be told nor numbered for multitude. 7 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, to the oracle of the house, into the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims: 8 For the cherubims spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above. 9 And they drew out the staves of the ark , that the ends of the staves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen without. And there it is unto this day. 10 There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses put therein at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt.
11 ¶ And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place: (for all the priests that were present were sanctified, and did not then wait by course: 12 Also the Levites which were the singers, all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, being arrayed in white linen, having cymbals and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them an hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets:) 13 It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick, and praised the LORD, saying , For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the LORD; 14 So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of God.
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(1Ķēn 8:1–11)1 Tad visi darbi, kurus Sālamans darīja Kunga namā, tika pabeigti. Un Sālamans tur ienesa sava tēva Dāvida svētlietas, sudrabu, zeltu un traukus un lika tos pie Dieva nama dārgumiem.
2 Pēc tam Sālamans sapulcināja Israēla vecajos, visu cilšu galvenos, Israēla dēlu tēvu namu vadoņus Jeruzālemē, lai pārnestu Kunga derības šķirstu no Dāvida pilsētas Ciānas. 3 Septītajā mēnesī uz svētkiem pie ķēniņa sapulcējās visi Israēla vīri. 4 Kad visi Israēla vecajie bija sanākuši, levīti ņēma šķirstu 5 un uznesa šķirstu, Saiešanas telti un visas svētlietas, kas bija teltī, – tās nesa priesteri un levīti. 6 Ķēniņš Sālamans un visa Israēla sapulce, kas pie viņa pulcējās derības šķirsta priekšā, upurēja sīklopus un liellopus – to bija tik daudz, ka nedz saskaitīt, nedz aplēst! 7 Priesteri ienesa Kunga derības šķirstu tā vietā, nama iekšnamā, svētumu svētumā zem ķerubu spārniem. 8 Ķerubu spārni bija izplesti pār šķirsta vietu, un ķerubi pārsedza šķirstu un nesamās kārtis no augšas. 9 Kārtis bija tik garas, ka kāršu galus no šķirsta puses varēja redzēt iekšnama priekšā, bet ārpusē tās neredzēja. Tā tas ir līdz šai dienai. 10 Šķirstā nekā cita nebija, tikai divas akmens plāksnes – tās Mozus deva Horebā, kur Kungs noslēdza derību ar Israēla dēliem, kad tie izgāja no Ēģiptes.
11 Tad priesteri izgāja no svētvietas, jo visi priesteri, kas tur piedalījās, bija svētījušies, viņi nebija sadalījušies pēc kalpošanas kārtām, 12 tie bija visi levīti dziedātāji – Āsāfs, Hēmāns, Jedūtūns ar saviem dēliem un brāļiem, tērpušies smalkā linā, ar cimbolēm, arfām un lirām. Tie stāvēja altārim austrumu pusē, un kopā ar tiem bija simts divdesmit priesteri, kas pūta taures. 13 Un tiem tā saskanēja, it kā tie pūstu vienu tauri un dziedātu vienā balsī – viņi slavēja Kungu un pateicās viņam. Kad sāka skanēt taures, bungu šķīvji un mūzikas instrumenti, lai slavētu Kungu – viņš ir labs, viņa žēlastība ir mūžīga! – Kunga nams piepildījās ar mākoni, 14 un mākoņa dēļ priesteri nevarēja nostāties kalpošanai, jo Kunga godība piepildīja Dieva namu!
