1 Kings 8:1-2

New King James Version

The Ark Brought into the Temple^(A)

8 Now ^(B)Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the chief fathers of the children of Israel, to King Solomon in Jerusalem, ^(C)that they might bring ^(D)up the ark of the covenant of the Lord from the City of David, which is Zion. ²Therefore all the men of Israel assembled with King Solomon at the ^(E)feast in the month of ^[a]Ethanim, which is the seventh month.

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1 Kings 8:2 Or Tishri, September or October

Psalm 132

New King James Version

The Eternal Dwelling of God in Zion

A Song of Ascents.

132 Lord, remember David
And all his afflictions;
²How he swore to the Lord,
^(A)And vowed to ^(B)the Mighty One of Jacob:
³“Surely I will not go into the chamber of my house,
Or go up to the comfort of my bed;
⁴I will ^(C)not give sleep to my eyes
Or slumber to my eyelids,
⁵Until I ^(D)find a place for the Lord,
A dwelling place for the Mighty One of Jacob.”

⁶Behold, we heard of it ^(E)in Ephrathah;
^(F)We found it ^(G)in the fields of ^[a]the woods.
⁷Let us go into His tabernacle;
^(H)Let us worship at His footstool.
⁸^(I)Arise, O Lord, to Your resting place,
You and ^(J)the ark of Your strength.
⁹Let Your priests ^(K)be clothed with righteousness,
And let Your saints shout for joy.

¹⁰For Your servant David’s sake,
Do not turn away the face of Your ^[b]Anointed.

¹¹^(L)The Lord has sworn in truth to David;
He will not turn from it:
“I will set upon your throne ^(M)the ^[c]fruit of your body.
¹²If your sons will keep My covenant
And My testimony which I shall teach them,
Their sons also shall sit upon your throne forevermore.”

¹³^(N)For the Lord has chosen Zion;
He has desired it for His ^[d]dwelling place:
¹⁴“This^(O) is My resting place forever;
Here I will dwell, for I have desired it.
¹⁵^(P)I will abundantly bless her ^[e]provision;
I will satisfy her poor with bread.
¹⁶^(Q)I will also clothe her priests with salvation,
^(R)And her saints shall shout aloud for joy.
¹⁷^(S)There I will make the ^[f]horn of David grow;
^(T)I will prepare a lamp for My ^[g]Anointed.
¹⁸His enemies I will ^(U)clothe with shame,
But upon Himself His crown shall flourish.”

Footnotes

Psalm 132:6 Heb. Jaar, lit. Woods
Psalm 132:10 Commissioned One, Heb. Messiah
Psalm 132:11 offspring
Psalm 132:13 home
Psalm 132:15 supply of food
Psalm 132:17 Government
Psalm 132:17 Heb. Messiah

2 Chronicles 5:4-10

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⁴So all the elders of Israel came, and the ^(A)Levites took up the ark. ⁵Then 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. ⁶Also 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. ⁷Then the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord to its place, into the ^(B)inner sanctuary of the ^[a]temple, to the Most Holy Place, under the wings of the cherubim. ⁸For the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim overshadowed the ark and its poles. ⁹The poles extended so that the ends of the ^(C)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. ¹⁰Nothing was in the ark except the two tablets which Moses ^(D)put there at Horeb, ^[c]when the Lord made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they had come out of Egypt.

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2 Chronicles 5:7 Lit. house
2 Chronicles 5:9 Lit. it is
2 Chronicles 5:10 Or where

Psalm 136

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Thanksgiving to God for His Enduring Mercy

136 Oh, ^(A)give thanks to the Lord, for He is good!
^(B)For His mercy endures forever.
²Oh, give thanks to ^(C)the God of gods!
For His mercy endures forever.
³Oh, give thanks to the Lord of lords!
For His mercy endures forever:

⁴To Him ^(D)who alone does great wonders,
For His mercy endures forever;
⁵^(E)To Him who by wisdom made the heavens,
For His mercy endures forever;
⁶^(F)To Him who laid out the earth above the waters,
For His mercy endures forever;
⁷^(G)To Him who made great lights,
For His mercy endures forever—
⁸^(H)The sun to rule by day,
For His mercy endures forever;
⁹The moon and stars to rule by night,
For His mercy endures forever.

¹⁰^(I)To Him who struck Egypt in their firstborn,
For His mercy endures forever;
¹¹^(J)And brought out Israel from among them,
For His mercy endures forever;
¹²^(K)With a strong hand, and with ^[a]an outstretched arm,
For His mercy endures forever;
¹³^(L)To Him who divided the Red Sea in two,
For His mercy endures forever;
¹⁴And made Israel pass through the midst of it,
For His mercy endures forever;
¹⁵^(M)But overthrew Pharaoh and his army in the Red Sea,
For His mercy endures forever;
¹⁶^(N)To Him who led His people through the wilderness,
For His mercy endures forever;
¹⁷^(O)To Him who struck down great kings,
For His mercy endures forever;
¹⁸^(P)And slew famous kings,
For His mercy endures forever—
¹⁹^(Q)Sihon king of the Amorites,
For His mercy endures forever;
²⁰^(R)And Og king of Bashan,
For His mercy endures forever—
²¹^(S)And gave their land as a ^[b]heritage,
For His mercy endures forever;
²²A heritage to Israel His servant,
For His mercy endures forever.

²³Who ^(T)remembered us in our lowly state,
For His mercy endures forever;
²⁴And ^(U)rescued us from our enemies,
For His mercy endures forever;
²⁵^(V)Who gives food to all flesh,
For His mercy endures forever.

²⁶Oh, give thanks to the God of heaven!
For His mercy endures forever.

Footnotes

Psalm 136:12 Mighty power
Psalm 136:21 inheritance

2 Chronicles 5:11-14

New King James Version

¹¹And it came to pass when the priests came out of the Most Holy Place (for all the priests who were present had ^[a]sanctified themselves, without keeping to their ^(A)divisions), ¹²^(B)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, ^(C)and with them one hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets— ¹³indeed 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:

^(D)“For He is good,
For His mercy endures forever,”

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

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