1 Kings 8:1-3

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The Ark Is Brought into the Temple^(A)

8 King Solomon ·called for [assembled; summoned] the elders of Israel, the heads of the tribes, and the leaders of the ·families [ancestral houses] to come to him in Jerusalem. He wanted them to bring the Ark of the ·Agreement [Treaty; Covenant; Ex. 25:10] with the Lord from the ·older part of the city [^Lcity of David, also known as Zion]. ² So all the Israelites ·came together with [assembled before] King Solomon during the festival in the month of Ethanim, the seventh month.

³ When all the elders of Israel arrived, the priests ·lifted [picked; took] up the Ark.