1 Kings 8:1-3

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

8 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the chiefs of the fathers’ houses of the Israelites, before the king in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of Zion, the City of David.

² All the men of Israel assembled themselves before King Solomon at the feast in the seventh month, Ethanim.

³ All the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.