The Work on the Lord’s House is Finished |
2 Chronicles 5:1-14 2 Chronicles in [Smaller Chunks] |
All [Solomon’s] work for the [Lord’s] house was finished. Solomon brought in all the things David, his father, had dedicated. The silver & gold & all the [utensils,] he put among the treasures of the house of God. |
Solomon assembled [in] Jerusalem, [Israel’s] elders, the [tribe’s leaders,] the [head of the forefathers] of the children [people] of Israel, to bring up the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord out of the city of David, which is Zion. |
Therefore, all the [Israelite] men assembled themselves to king [Solomon at] the feast [held] in the 7th month. All [Israel’s] elders came & the Levites took up the Ark. The [priests & the Levites] brought [up] the Art & the Tabernacle of the Congregation & all the holy [articles] in the tabernacle. |
Also, king Solomon & all the [Israelite] congregation [who] were assembled to [Solomon] before the Ark, sacrificed sheep & oxen, [so many, they couldn’t be counted.] |
The priests brought in the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord to [its] place, in the inner sanctuary, into the Most Holy Place, under the wings of the cherubims [2 angelic statues.] |
The [cherubim’s] wings spread above over the place of the Ark & the poles [to carry it.] They [pulled] out the [poles] of the Ark, so the ends of the [poles] were [only] seen from the Ark [in front of] the oracle [inner sanctuary,] but weren’t seen [outside it.] . And it is there [until] this day. |
The [only thing] in the Ark was the 2 [tablets] [with the 10 Commandments,] which Moses put [in there] at Horeb, when the Lord made a covenant [contract] with the children [people] of Israel, when they came out of Egypt. |
It [happened] when the priests came out of the Holy Place: (for all the priests [who were there] were sanctified [regardless of their divisions.] |
The Levite singers, all [those] of Asaph, of Heman & of Jeduthun, stood at the east end of the altar, with their sons & [relatives clothed] in white linen, having cymbals, [lyres] & harps & with them 120 priests sounding trumpets:) |
It [happened] when the trumpeters & singers [worked together] to make one sound to be heard in praising & thanking the Lord, when they lifted up their [voices] with trumpets, cymbals & [musical] instruments, [they] praised the Lord, saying, For [God] is good & His mercy endures forever. |
Then the house [of the Lord] was filled with a cloud. The priests couldn’t stand to minister, [because] of the cloud. For the glory of the Lord had filled the house of God. |