³ and call the entire community of Israel together at the entrance of the Tabernacle.^[a]”

The Holy Spirit Comes

2 On the day of Pentecost^[a] all the believers were meeting together in one place.

¹³ So a huge crowd assembled at Jerusalem in midspring^[a] to celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread.

8 ¹ all the people assembled with a unified purpose at the square just inside the Water Gate. They asked Ezra the scribe to bring out the Book of the Law of Moses, which the Lord had given for Israel to obey.

²⁵ The entire assembly of Judah rejoiced, including the priests, the Levites, all who came from the land of Israel, the foreigners who came to the festival, and all those who lived in Judah.

² The king, his officials, and all the community of Jerusalem decided to celebrate Passover a month later than usual.^[a]

⁶ There, before the Ark, King Solomon and the entire community of Israel sacrificed so many sheep, goats, and cattle that no one could keep count!

The Ark Brought to the Temple

² Solomon then summoned to Jerusalem the elders of Israel and all the heads of tribes—the leaders of the ancestral families of Israel. They were to bring the Ark of the Lord’s Covenant to the Temple from its location in the City of David, also known as Zion.

³ Then David summoned all Israel to Jerusalem to bring the Ark of the Lord to the place he had prepared for it.