这样,所罗门完成了耶和华殿的一切工作。所罗门把他父亲大卫献给上帝的金银和一切器具都搬进上帝殿的库房。

运约柜入圣殿

所罗门把以色列的长老、各支派的首领和族长召集到耶路撒冷,准备把耶和华的约柜从大卫城锡安运上来。 在七月住棚节的时候,以色列人都聚集到所罗门王那里。 以色列的长老到齐后,祭司便抬起约柜, 祭司和利未人将约柜、会幕和会幕里的一切圣器运上来。 所罗门王和聚集到他那里的以色列全体会众在约柜前献祭,献上的牛羊多得不可胜数。 祭司把耶和华的约柜抬进内殿,即至圣所,放在两个基路伯天使的翅膀下面。 基路伯天使展开翅膀,遮盖约柜和抬约柜的横杠。 横杠非常长,在至圣所前面的圣所中也看得见横杠的末端,但在圣所外面看不见。横杠至今仍在那里。 10 约柜里除了两块石版,没有别的东西。石版是以色列人离开埃及后,耶和华在何烈山跟他们立约时,摩西放进去的。

耶和华的荣耀

11 随后,祭司退出圣所,所有在场的祭司不分班次都已洁净自己。 12 所有负责歌乐的利未人亚萨、希幔、耶杜顿,以及他们的儿子和亲族都穿着细麻布衣服,站在祭坛的东边,敲钹、鼓瑟、弹琴,同时还有一百二十位祭司吹号。 13 吹号的和歌乐手一起同声赞美和称谢耶和华,伴随着号、钹及各种乐器的声音,高声赞美耶和华:

“祂是美善的,
祂的慈爱永远长存!”

那时,有云彩充满了耶和华的殿, 14 以致祭司不能在殿里供职,因为殿里充满了耶和华上帝的荣光。

所 羅 門 做 完 了 耶 和 華 殿 的 一 切 工 , 就 把 他 父 大 衛 分 別 為 聖 的 金 銀 和 器 皿 都 帶 來 , 放 在 神 殿 的 府 庫 裡 。

那 時 , 所 羅 門 將 以 色 列 的 長 老 、 各 支 派 的 首 領 , 並 以 色 列 的 族 長 招 聚 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 節 前 都 聚 集 到 王 那 裡 。

以 色 列 眾 長 老 來 到 , 利 未 人 便 抬 起 約 櫃 。

祭 司 利 未 人 將 約 櫃 運 上 來 , 又 將 會 幕 和 會 幕 的 一 切 聖 器 具 都 帶 上 來 。

所 羅 門 王 和 聚 集 到 他 那 裡 的 以 色 列 全 會 眾 都 在 約 櫃 前 獻 牛 羊 為 祭 , 多 得 不 可 勝 數 。

祭 司 將 耶 和 華 的 約 櫃 抬 進 內 殿 , 就 是 至 聖 所 , 放 在 兩 個 基 路 伯 的 翅 膀 底 下 。

基 路 伯 張 著 翅 膀 在 約 櫃 之 上 , 遮 掩 約 櫃 和 抬 櫃 的 杠 。

這 杠 甚 長 , 杠 頭 在 內 殿 前 可 以 看 見 , 在 殿 外 卻 不 能 看 見 , 直 到 如 今 還 在 那 裡 。

10 約 櫃 裡 惟 有 兩 塊 石 版 , 就 是 以 色 列 人 出 埃 及 後 , 耶 和 華 與 他 們 立 約 的 時 候 , 摩 西 在 何 烈 山 所 放 的 。 除 此 以 外 , 並 無 別 物 。

11 當 時 , 在 那 裡 所 有 的 祭 司 都 已 自 潔 , 並 不 分 班 供 職 。

12 他 們 出 聖 所 的 時 候 , 歌 唱 的 利 未 人 亞 薩 、 希 幔 、 耶 杜 頓 , 和 他 們 的 眾 子 眾 弟 兄 都 穿 細 麻 布 衣 服 , 站 在 壇 的 東 邊 , 敲 鈸 、 鼓 瑟 、 彈 琴 , 同 著 他 們 有 一 百 二 十 個 祭 司 吹 號 。

13 吹 號 的 、 歌 唱 的 都 一 齊 發 聲 , 聲 合 為 一 , 讚 美 感 謝 耶 和 華 。 吹 號 、 敲 鈸 , 用 各 種 樂 器 , 揚 聲 讚 美 耶 和 華 說 : 耶 和 華 本 為 善 , 他 的 慈 愛 永 遠 長 存 ! 那 時 , 耶 和 華 的 殿 有 雲 充 滿 ,

14 甚 至 祭 司 不 能 站 立 供 職 , 因 為 耶 和 華 的 榮 光 充 滿 了 神 的 殿 。

All the work Solomon did on the Lord’s temple was finished. He brought the holy things that had belonged to his father David—the silver, gold, and all the utensils—and put them in the storerooms of God’s temple.

The Lord Comes to His Temple(A)

Then Solomon assembled the respected leaders of Israel, all the heads of the tribes, and the leaders of the Israelite families. They came to Jerusalem to take the ark of the Lord’s promise from the City of David (that is, Zion). All the men of Israel gathered around the king at the Festival ⌞of Booths⌟ in the seventh month.

When all the leaders of Israel had arrived, the Levites picked up the ark. They brought the ark, the tent of meeting, and all the holy utensils in it ⌞to the temple⌟. The priests and the Levites carried them while King Solomon and the whole assembly from Israel were offering countless sheep and cattle sacrifices in front of the ark. The priests brought the ark of the Lord’s promise to its place in the inner room of the temple (the most holy place) under the wings of the angels.[a]

The angels’ outstretched wings were over the place where the ark ⌞rested⌟ so that the angels became a covering above the ark and its poles. The poles were so long that their ends could be seen in the holy place by anyone standing in front of the inner room,[b] but they couldn’t be seen outside. (They are still there today.) 10 There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets Moses placed there at Horeb, where the Lord made a promise to the Israelites after they left Egypt.

11 All the priests who were present had performed the ceremonies to make themselves holy to God without regard to staying in their divisions. 12 All the Levites who were musicians—Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, their sons, and their relatives—were dressed in fine linen and stood east of the altar with cymbals, harps, and lyres. With the musicians were 120 priests blowing trumpets. When the priests left the holy place,[c] 13 the trumpeters and singers praised and thanked the Lord in unison. Accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and other musical instruments, they sang in praise to the Lord: “He is good; his mercy endures forever.” Then the Lord’s temple was filled with a cloud. 14 The priests couldn’t serve because of the cloud. The Lord’s glory filled God’s temple.

Footnotes

  1. 5:7 Or “cherubim.”
  2. 5:9 A few Hebrew manuscripts, 1 Kings 8:8, Greek; other Hebrew manuscripts “The poles extended so long from the ark that their ends could be seen by anyone standing in front of the inner room.”
  3. 5:12 The first part of verse 11 (in Hebrew) has been placed just before verse 13 to express the complex Hebrew sentence structure more clearly in English.

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.

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.

Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king in the feast which was in the seventh month.

And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up the ark.

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.

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.

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:

For the cherubims spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.

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.