1 Kings 8:3-5

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³ And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests carried the ark.^{(A) 4} So they brought up the ark of the Lord, the tent of meeting, and all the holy vessels that were in the tent; the priests and the Levites brought them up.^{(B) 5} King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, who had assembled before him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered.^(C)