The Second Book of Chronicles, Chapter 5דברי הימים ב 5

וַתִּשְׁלַם֙ כָּל הַמְּלָאכָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂ֥ה שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה לְבֵ֣ית יְהוָ֑ה וַיָּבֵ֨א שְׁלֹמֹ֜ה אֶת קָדְשֵׁ֣י דָּוִ֣יד אָבִ֗יו וְאֶת הַכֶּ֤סֶף וְאֶת הַזָּהָב֙ וְאֶת כָּל הַכֵּלִ֔ים נָתַ֕ן בְּאֹצְר֖וֹת בֵּ֥ית הָאֱלֹהִֽים

Thus all the work that Solomon made for the house of YHWH was finished: and Solomon brought in 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.

אָז֩ יַקְהֵ֨יל שְׁלֹמֹ֜ה אֶת זִקְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל וְאֶת כָּל רָאשֵׁ֨י הַמַּטּ֜וֹת נְשִׂיאֵ֧י הָאָב֛וֹת לִבְנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל אֶל יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם לְֽהַעֲל֞וֹת אֶת אֲר֧וֹן בְּרִית יְהוָ֛ה מֵעִ֥יר דָּוִ֖יד הִ֥יא צִיּֽוֹן

Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of YHWH out of the city of David, which Zion.

וַיִּקָּהֲל֧וּ אֶל הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ כָּל אִ֥ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בֶּחָ֑ג ה֖וּא הַחֹ֥דֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִעִֽי

Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves to the king in the feast which in the seventh month.

וַיָּבֹ֕אוּ כֹּ֖ל זִקְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיִּשְׂא֥וּ הַלְוִיִּ֖ם אֶת הָאָרֽוֹן

And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up the ark.

וַיַּעֲל֤וּ אֶת הָאָרוֹן֙ וְאֶת אֹ֣הֶל מוֹעֵ֔ד וְאֶת כָּל כְּלֵ֥י הַקֹּ֖דֶשׁ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בָּאֹ֑הֶל הֶעֱל֣וּ אֹתָ֔ם הַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים הַלְוִיִּֽם

And they brought up the ark, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that in the tabernacle, these did the priests the Levites bring up.

וְהַמֶּ֣לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹ֗ה וְכָל עֲדַ֧ת יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל הַנּוֹעָדִ֥ים עָלָ֖יו לִפְנֵ֣י הָאָר֑וֹן מְזַבְּחִים֙ צֹ֣אן וּבָקָ֔ר אֲשֶׁ֧ר לֹֽא יִסָּפְר֛וּ וְלֹ֥א יִמָּנ֖וּ מֵרֹֽב

Also king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel that were assembled to him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen, which could not be told nor numbered for multitude.

וַיָּבִ֣יאוּ הַ֠כֹּהֲנִים אֶת אֲר֨וֹן בְּרִית יְהוָ֧ה אֶל מְקוֹמ֛וֹ אֶל דְּבִ֥יר הַבַּ֖יִת אֶל קֹ֣דֶשׁ הַקְּדָשִׁ֑ים אֶל תַּ֖חַת כַּנְפֵ֥י הַכְּרוּבִֽים

And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of YHWH to his place, to the oracle of the house, into the most holy under the wings of the cherubims:

וַיִּהְי֤וּ הַכְּרוּבִים֙ פֹּרְשִׂ֣ים כְּנָפַ֔יִם עַל מְק֖וֹם הָאָר֑וֹן וַיְכַסּ֧וּ הַכְּרוּבִ֛ים עַל הָאָר֥וֹן וְעַל בַּדָּ֖יו מִלְמָֽעְלָה

For the cherubims spread forth wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.

וַֽיַּאֲרִיכוּ֮ הַבַּדִּים֒ וַיֵּרָאוּ֩ רָאשֵׁ֨י הַבַּדִּ֤ים מִן הָאָרוֹן֙ עַל פְּנֵ֣י הַדְּבִ֔יר וְלֹ֥א יֵרָא֖וּ הַח֑וּצָה וַֽיְהִי שָׁ֔ם עַ֖ד הַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה

And they drew out the staves , that the ends of the staves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen without. And there it is to this day.

אֵ֚ין בָּֽאָר֔וֹן רַ֚ק שְׁנֵ֣י הַלֻּח֔וֹת אֲשֶׁר נָתַ֥ן מֹשֶׁ֖ה בְּחֹרֵ֑ב אֲשֶׁ֨ר כָּרַ֤ת יְהוָה֙ עִם בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל בְּצֵאתָ֖ם מִמִּצְרָֽיִם

nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses put at Horeb, when YHWH made with the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt.

וַיְהִ֕י בְּצֵ֥את הַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים מִן הַקֹּ֑דֶשׁ כִּ֠י כָּל הַכֹּהֲנִ֤ים הַֽנִּמְצְאִים֙ הִתְקַדָּ֔שׁוּ אֵ֖ין לִשְׁמ֥וֹר לְמַחְלְקֽוֹת

And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy : (for all the priests present were sanctified, did not wait by course:

וְהַלְוִיִּ֣ם הַמְשֹׁרֲרִ֣ים לְכֻלָּ֡ם לְאָסָ֡ף לְהֵימָ֣ן לִֽ֠ידֻתוּן וְלִבְנֵיהֶ֨ם וְלַאֲחֵיהֶ֜ם מְלֻבָּשִׁ֣ים בּ֗וּץ בִּמְצִלְתַּ֨יִם֙ וּבִנְבָלִ֣ים וְכִנֹּר֔וֹת עֹמְדִ֖ים מִזְרָ֣ח לַמִּזְבֵּ֑חַ וְעִמָּהֶ֤ם כֹּֽהֲנִים֙ לְמֵאָ֣ה וְעֶשְׂרִ֔ים מחצררים מַחְצְרִ֖ים בַּחֲצֹֽצְרֽוֹת

Also the Levites the singers, all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, 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:)

וַיְהִ֣י כְ֠אֶחָד למחצצרים לַמְחַצְּרִ֨ים וְלַמְשֹֽׁרֲרִ֜ים לְהַשְׁמִ֣יעַ קוֹל אֶחָ֗ד לְהַלֵּ֣ל וּלְהֹדוֹת֮ לַיהוָה֒ וּכְהָרִ֣ים ק֠וֹל בַּחֲצֹצְר֨וֹת וּבִמְצִלְתַּ֜יִם וּבִכְלֵ֣י הַשִּׁ֗יר וּבְהַלֵּ֤ל לַיהוָה֙ כִּ֣י ט֔וֹב כִּ֥י לְעוֹלָ֖ם חַסְדּ֑וֹ וְהַבַּ֛יִת מָלֵ֥א עָנָ֖ן בֵּ֥ית יְהוָֽה

It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking YHWH; and when they lifted up voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick, and praised YHWH, , For good; for his mercy for ever: that the house was filled with a cloud, the house of YHWH;

וְלֹא יָֽכְל֧וּ הַכֹּהֲנִ֛ים לַעֲמ֥וֹד לְשָׁרֵ֖ת מִפְּנֵ֣י הֶעָנָ֑ן כִּֽי מָלֵ֥א כְבוֹד יְהוָ֖ה אֶת בֵּ֥ית הָאֱלֹהִֽים

So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of YHWH had filled the house of God.