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Fu ultimato così quanto Salomone aveva disposto per il tempio. Allora Salomone fece portare gli oggetti consacrati da Davide suo padre e depositò l'argento, l'oro e ogni arredo nel tesoro del tempio.

Trasferimento dell'arca

Salomone allora convocò in assemblea a Gerusalemme gli anziani di Israele e tutti i capitribù, i principi dei casati israeliti, per trasportare l'arca dell'alleanza del Signore dalla città di Davide, cioè da Sion. Si radunarono presso il re tutti gli Israeliti per la festa che cadeva nel settimo mese. Quando furono giunti tutti gli anziani di Israele, i leviti sollevarono l'arca. Trasportarono l'arca e la tenda del convegno e tutti gli oggetti sacri che erano nella tenda; li trasportarono i sacerdoti e i leviti. Il re Salomone e tutta la comunità di Israele, convenuta presso di lui, immolavano davanti all'arca pecore e buoi, da non potersi contare né calcolare per il gran numero. I sacerdoti introdussero l'arca dell'alleanza del Signore al suo posto nella cella del tempio, nel Santo dei santi, sotto le ali dei cherubini. Difatti i cherubini stendevano le ali sopra l'arca; essi coprivano l'arca e le sue stanghe dall'alto. Le stanghe erano più lunghe, per questo le loro punte si prolungavano oltre l'arca verso la cella, ma non si vedevano di fuori; così è fino ad oggi. 10 Nell'arca non c'era nulla se non le due tavole, che Mosè vi pose sull'Oreb, le tavole dell'alleanza conclusa dal Signore con gli Israeliti quando uscirono dall'Egitto.

Dio prende possesso del suo tempio

11 Ora avvenne che, usciti i sacerdoti dal Santo - tutti i sacerdoti presenti infatti si erano santificati senza badare alle classi - 12 mentre tutti i leviti cantori, cioè Asaf, Eman, Idutun e i loro figli e fratelli, vestiti di bisso, con cembali, arpe e cetre stavano in piedi a oriente dell'altare e mentre presso di loro 120 sacerdoti suonavano le trombe, 13 avvenne che, quando i suonatori e i cantori fecero udire all'unisono la voce per lodare e celebrare il Signore e il suono delle trombe, dei cembali e degli altri strumenti si levò per lodare il Signore perché è buono, perché la sua grazia dura sempre, allora il tempio si riempì di una nube, cioè della gloria del Signore. 14 I sacerdoti non riuscivano a rimanervi per il loro servizio a causa della nube, perché la gloria del Signore aveva riempito il tempio di Dio.

When all the work Solomon had done for the temple of the Lord was finished,(A) he brought in the things his father David had dedicated(B)—the silver and gold and all the furnishings—and he placed them in the treasuries of God’s temple.

The Ark Brought to the Temple(C)

Then Solomon summoned to Jerusalem the elders of Israel, all the heads of the tribes and the chiefs of the Israelite families, to bring up the ark(D) of the Lord’s covenant from Zion, the City of David. And all the Israelites(E) came together to the king at the time of the festival in the seventh month.

When all the elders of Israel had arrived, the Levites took up the ark, and they brought up the ark and the tent of meeting and all the sacred furnishings in it. The Levitical priests(F) 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(G) 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. The cherubim(H) spread their wings over the place of the ark and covered the ark and its carrying poles. These poles were so long that their ends, extending from the ark, could be seen from in front of the inner sanctuary, but not from outside the Holy Place; and they are still there today. 10 There was nothing in the ark except(I) the two tablets(J) that Moses had placed in it at Horeb, where the Lord made a covenant with the Israelites after they came out of Egypt.

11 The priests then withdrew from the Holy Place. All the priests who were there had consecrated themselves, regardless of their divisions.(K) 12 All the Levites who were musicians(L)—Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun and their sons and relatives—stood on the east side of the altar, dressed in fine linen and playing cymbals, harps and lyres. They were accompanied by 120 priests sounding trumpets.(M) 13 The trumpeters and musicians joined in unison to give praise and thanks to the Lord. Accompanied by trumpets, cymbals and other instruments, the singers raised their voices in praise to the Lord and sang:

“He is good;
    his love endures forever.”(N)

Then the temple of the Lord was filled with the cloud,(O) 14 and the priests could not perform(P) their service because of the cloud,(Q) for the glory(R) of the Lord filled the temple of God.

The Ark Brought into the Temple

So (A)all the work that Solomon had done for the house of the Lord was finished; and Solomon brought in the things which his father David had dedicated: the silver and the gold and all the furnishings. And he put them in the treasuries of the house of God.

The Ark Brought into the Temple(B)

(C)Now Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the chief fathers of the children of Israel, in Jerusalem, that they might bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord up (D)from the City of David, which is Zion. (E)Therefore all the men of Israel assembled with the king (F)at the feast, which was in the seventh month. So all the elders of Israel came, and the (G)Levites took up the ark. Then they brought up the ark, the tabernacle of meeting, and all the holy furnishings that were in the tabernacle. The priests and the Levites brought them up. Also King Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel who were assembled with him before the ark, were sacrificing sheep and oxen that could not be counted or numbered for multitude. Then the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord to its place, into the (H)inner sanctuary of the [a]temple, to the Most Holy Place, under the wings of the cherubim. For the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim overshadowed the ark and its poles. The poles extended so that the ends of the (I)poles of the ark could be seen from the holy place, in front of the inner sanctuary; but they could not be seen from outside. And [b]they are there to this day. 10 Nothing was in the ark except the two tablets which Moses (J)put there at Horeb, [c]when the Lord made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they had come out of Egypt.

11 And it came to pass when the priests came out of the Most Holy Place (for all the priests who were present had [d]sanctified themselves, without keeping to their (K)divisions), 12 (L)and the Levites who were the singers, all those of Asaph and Heman and Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, stood at the east end of the altar, clothed in white linen, having cymbals, stringed instruments and harps, (M)and with them one hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets— 13 indeed it came to pass, when 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 music, and praised the Lord, saying:

(N)For He is good,
For His mercy endures forever,”

that the house, the house of the Lord, was filled with a cloud, 14 so that the priests could not [e]continue ministering because of the cloud; (O)for the glory of the Lord filled the house of God.

Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 5:7 Lit. house
  2. 2 Chronicles 5:9 Lit. it is
  3. 2 Chronicles 5:10 Or where
  4. 2 Chronicles 5:11 consecrated
  5. 2 Chronicles 5:14 Lit. stand to minister
Book name not found: 历代志下 for the version: Jacalteco, Oriental.