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工程完成(A)

所羅門為耶和華的殿所作的一切工程完成了以後,就把他父親大衛分別為聖的東西:金銀和一切器皿,都帶來存放在神殿的庫房裡。

運約櫃進殿(B)

那時,所羅門把以色列的長老、各支派的首領和以色列人各家族的首領,都召集到耶路撒冷,要把耶和華的約櫃從大衛城,就是錫安運上來。 於是,以色列眾人在七月的節期來到時,都聚集到王那裡。 以色列的眾長老來到了,利未人就抬起約櫃。 他們把約櫃、會幕和會幕裡的一切神聖器皿都抬上來;是祭司和利未人把它們抬上來的。 所羅門王和那些聚集到他那裡的以色列全體會眾,都在約櫃前獻上牛羊為祭,數量無法計算,不能數點。 眾祭司把耶和華的約櫃抬進放約櫃的地方,就是內殿,至聖所裡面,放在兩個基路伯的翅膀底下。 基路伯在約櫃上面張開翅膀,遮蓋著約櫃和抬約櫃的槓。 那兩根槓很長,在內殿前可以看見約櫃那裡的槓頭,在殿外卻看不見;直到今日,那兩根槓還在那裡。 10 約櫃裡只有兩塊石版,就是以色列人出埃及以後,耶和華和他們立約的時候,摩西在何烈山放進去的。

耶和華的榮光充滿了殿(C)

11 眾祭司從聖所裡出來的時候(因為所有在場的祭司,不分班次地全都自潔), 12 全體負責歌唱的利未人和亞薩、希幔、耶杜頓,以及他們的兒子和親族,都穿著細麻布的衣服,站在祭壇的東邊,敲鈸、鼓瑟、彈琴;和他們在一起的,還有一百二十個祭司吹號; 13 吹號的和歌唱的都一致同聲地讚美稱謝耶和華。他們吹號、敲鈸,用各種樂器高聲讚美耶和華,說:“耶和華是良善的,他的慈愛永遠長存。”那時雲彩充滿了那殿,就是耶和華的殿。 14 由於那雲彩的緣故,祭司都不能侍立供職,因為 神的殿充滿了耶和華的榮光。

So Solomon finished all his work on the Temple of the Lord. Then he brought all the gifts his father, David, had dedicated—the silver, the gold, and the various articles—and he stored them in the treasuries of the Temple of God.

The Ark Brought to the Temple

Solomon then summoned to Jerusalem the elders of Israel and all the heads of tribes—the leaders of the ancestral families of Israel. They were to bring the Ark of the Lord’s Covenant to the Temple from its location in the City of David, also known as Zion. So all the men of Israel assembled before the king at the annual Festival of Shelters, which is held in early autumn.[a]

When all the elders of Israel arrived, the Levites picked up the Ark. The priests and Levites brought up the Ark along with the special tent[b] and all the sacred items that had been in it. There, before the Ark, King Solomon and the entire community of Israel sacrificed so many sheep, goats, and cattle that no one could keep count!

Then the priests carried the Ark of the Lord’s Covenant into the inner sanctuary of the Temple—the Most Holy Place—and placed it beneath the wings of the cherubim. The cherubim spread their wings over the Ark, forming a canopy over the Ark and its carrying poles. These poles were so long that their ends could be seen from the Holy Place,[c] which is in front of the Most Holy Place, but not from the outside. They are still there to this day. 10 Nothing was in the Ark except the two stone tablets that Moses had placed in it at Mount Sinai,[d] where the Lord made a covenant with the people of Israel when they left Egypt.

11 Then the priests left the Holy Place. All the priests who were present had purified themselves, whether or not they were on duty that day. 12 And the Levites who were musicians—Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and all their sons and brothers—were dressed in fine linen robes and stood at the east side of the altar playing cymbals, lyres, and harps. They were joined by 120 priests who were playing trumpets. 13 The trumpeters and singers performed together in unison to praise and give thanks to the Lord. Accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and other instruments, they raised their voices and praised the Lord with these words:

“He is good!
    His faithful love endures forever!”

At that moment a thick cloud filled the Temple of the Lord. 14 The priests could not continue their service because of the cloud, for the glorious presence of the Lord filled the Temple of God.

Footnotes

  1. 5:3 Hebrew at the festival that is in the seventh month. The Festival of Shelters began on the fifteenth day of the seventh month of the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar. This day occurred in late September, October, or early November.
  2. 5:5 Hebrew the Tent of Meeting; i.e., the tent mentioned in 2 Sam 6:17 and 1 Chr 16:1.
  3. 5:9 As in some Hebrew manuscripts and Greek version (see also 1 Kgs 8:8); Masoretic Text reads from the Ark.
  4. 5:10 Hebrew Horeb, another name for Sinai.