4. All of the elders of Israel arrived. Then the Levites picked up the ark and carried it.
5. They brought up the ark. They also brought up the Tent of Meeting and all of the sacred articles that were in the tent. The priests, who were Levites, carried everything up.
6. The entire community of Israel had gathered around King Solomon. All of them were in front of the ark. They sacrificed huge numbers of sheep and cattle. There were so many that they couldn't be recorded. In fact, they couldn't even be counted.
7. The priests brought the ark of the Lord's covenant to its place in the Most Holy Room of the temple. They put it under the wings of the cherubim.
8. The cherubim's wings were spread out over the place where the ark was. They covered the ark. They also covered the poles that were used to carry it.
9. The poles reached out from the ark. They were so long that their ends could be seen from in front of the Most Holy Room. But they couldn't be seen from outside the Holy Room. They are still there to this very day.
10. There wasn't anything in the ark except the two tablets. Moses had placed them in it at Mount Horeb. That's where the Lord had made a covenant with the Israelites. He made it after they came out of Egypt.
11. The priests left the Holy Room. All of the priests who were there had set themselves apart to the Lord. It didn't matter what group they were in.