2 Chronicles
2 Chronicles 5
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2 Chronicles 5 — Scripture text (King James Version)
Thus all the work that made for the house of the LORD was finished: and brought in all the things that his father had dedicated; and the silver, and the gold, and all the instruments, he among the treasures of the house of God. Then assembled the elders of , and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of , unto , to bring up the of the LORD out of the city of , which is . Wherefore all the men of assembled themselves unto the king in the feast which was in the seventh month. And all the elders of came; and the took up the . And they brought up the , and the of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the , these did the priests and the bring up. Also king , and all the congregation of that were assembled unto him before the , sacrificed and oxen, which could not be told nor numbered for multitude. And the priests brought in the of the LORD unto his place, to the oracle of the house, into the , even under the wings of the cherubims: For the cherubims spread forth their wings over the place of the , and the cherubims covered the and the staves thereof above. And they drew out the staves of the , that the ends of the staves were seen from the before the oracle; but they were not seen without. And there it is unto this day. There was nothing in the save the two tables which therein at , when the LORD made a with the children of , when they came out of . 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: Also the which were the singers, all of them of , of , of , 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:) 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 and cymbals and instruments of musick, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his endureth for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the LORD; So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the of the LORD had filled the house of God.