1. Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, with all the heads of the tribes, the princes of the fathers’ households of the children of Israel, to king Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the Lord’s covenant out of David’s city, which is Zion.
2. All the men of Israel assembled themselves to king Solomon at the feast, in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month.
3. All the elders of Israel came, and the priests picked up the ark.
4. They brought up the Lord’s ark, the Tent of Meeting, and all the holy vessels that were in the Tent. The priests and the Levites brought these up.
5. King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, who were assembled to him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and cattle, that could not be counted or numbered for multitude.