1 Thus all the work that Solomon made for the house of the LORD was finished: and Solomon brought in all the things that David his father had dedicated; and the silver, and the gold, and all the instruments, put he among the treasures of the house of God.
2 ¶ Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion. 3 Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king in the feast which was in the seventh month. 4 And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up the ark. 5 And they brought up the ark, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, these did the priests and the Levites bring up. 6 Also king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel that were assembled unto him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen, which could not be told nor numbered for multitude. 7 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, to the oracle of the house, into the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims: 8 For the cherubims spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above. 9 And they drew out the staves of the ark , that the ends of the staves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen without. And there it is unto this day. 10 There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses put therein at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt.
11 ¶ 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: 12 Also the Levites which were the singers, all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, 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:) 13 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 the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick, and praised the LORD, saying , For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the LORD; 14 So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of God.
5–BOB
1 Shunday qilib, Sulaymon Egamizning uyiga oid hamma ishlarni bitirdi. Soʻngra u otasi Dovud nazr qilgan narsalarni olib kelib, kumush, oltin va hamma buyumlarni Xudoning uyi xazinasiga qoʻydi.
Ahd sandigʻi Maʼbadga keltiriladi
2 Shundan soʻng Sulaymon Egamizning Ahd sandigʻini Dovud qalʼasidan — Siondan Egamizning uyiga olib kelmoqchi boʻldi. Shu maqsadda u Isroil oqsoqollarini, hamma qabila yoʻlboshchilarini, Isroil xalqi urugʻboshilarini Quddus shahriga chaqirtirdi. 3 Ularning hammasi yettinchi oyda , Chayla bayrami paytida shohning huzuriga yigʻilishdi.
4 Isroil oqsoqollarining hammasi kelgach, levilar Sandiqni yerdan koʻtarishdi. 5 Ruhoniylar va levilar, Sandiq bilan birga Uchrashuv chodirini , Chodirdagi barcha muqaddas buyumlarni Egamizning uyiga olib kelishdi. 6 Shoh Sulaymon va toʻplangan butun Isroil jamoasi Sandiqning oldida qoʻylar, buqalar soʻyib qurbonlik qilishdi. Qurbonlik qilingan qoʻy va buqalar shu qadar koʻp ediki, hisobiga yetib boʻlmasdi.
7 Ruhoniylar Egamizning Ahd sandigʻini alohida atalgan joyga — Eng muqaddas xonaga, karublarning qanotlari ostiga qoʻyishdi. 8 Karublarning qanotlari Sandiq usti boʻylab choʻzilgan va Sandiq hamda uning xodalarini berkitib turardi. 9 Xodalar shunchalik uzun ediki, ularning uchi Eng muqaddas xonaning shundaygina oldidan koʻrinib turardi, boshqa joydan esa koʻrinmasdi. Xodalar bugungacha ham oʻsha yerda turibdi. 10 Sandiqning ichida ikkita tosh lavhadan boshqa hech narsa yoʻq edi. Isroil xalqi Misrdan chiqqandan keyin, Egamiz Sinay togʻida ular bilan ahd tuzgan edi. Oʻshanda Muso bu tosh lavhalarni Sandiq ichiga solib qoʻygan edi.
11-14 Bu yerda hozir boʻlgan ruhoniylarning hammasi, qaysi guruhga qarashli boʻlishidan qatʼi nazar, oʻzlarini poklagan edilar. Jamiki levi sozandalari — Osif, Xaman, Yodutun, ularning oʻgʻillari va qarindoshlari mayin zigʻir matosidan tikilgan liboslarni kiyib olgan edilar. Levilar zil, arfa va liralarni koʻtarib qurbongohning sharq tomonida turdilar. Ularning yonidan karnay chaladigan 120 nafar ruhoniy joy oldi. Sozandalaru karnaychilar joʻr boʻlib, Egamizga hamdu sano va shukrona aytar edilar. Karnay, zil va boshqa sozlar joʻrligida qoʻshiqchilar Egamizga shunday hamdu sano kuylar edilar:
“Egamiz yaxshidir,
Uning sodiq sevgisi abadiydir.”
Ruhoniylar Muqaddas xonadan chiqib ketayotganlarida, birdaniga Xudoning uyini bulut qoplab, Egamizning ulugʻvorligi uyni toʻldirdi. Shuning uchun ruhoniylar oʻz xizmatini davom ettira olmadilar.
