3. When all the elders of Israel arrived, the priests lifted up the Ark.
4. They carried the Ark of the Lord, the Meeting Tent, and the holy utensils; the priests and the Levites brought them up.
5. King Solomon and all the Israelites gathered before the Ark and sacrificed so many sheep and cattle no one could count them all.
6. Then the priests put the Ark of the Agreement with the Lord in its place inside the Most Holy Place in the Temple, under the wings of the golden creatures.
7. The wings of these creatures were spread out over the place for the Ark, covering it and its carrying poles.
8. The carrying poles were so long that anyone standing in the Holy Place in front of the Most Holy Place could see the ends of the poles, but no one could see them from outside the Holy Place. The poles are still there today.