2 Chronicles 5

1 and to complete all [the] work which to make: do Solomon to/for house: temple LORD and to come (in): bring Solomon [obj] holiness David father his and [obj] [the] silver: money and [obj] [the] gold and [obj] all [the] article/utensil to give: put in/on/with treasure house: temple [the] God

After Solomon’s workers had finished building the temple, Solomon put in the temple storage rooms everything that his father David had dedicated to Yahweh—all the silver and gold and all the other things that were used at the temple.

2 then to gather Solomon [obj] old: elder Israel and [obj] all head: leader [the] tribe leader [the] father to/for son: descendant/people Israel to(wards) Jerusalem to/for to ascend: establish [obj] ark covenant LORD from city David he/she/it Zion

Then King Solomon summoned to Jerusalem all the elders of Israel, all the leaders of the tribes and of the families/clans. He wanted them to help to bring to the temple Yahweh’s Sacred Chest from Zion [Hill], where it was in [the part of the city called] ‘The City of David’.

3 and to gather to(wards) [the] king all man Israel in/on/with feast he/she/it [the] month [the] seventh

So all the leaders of Israel gathered together along with the king, during the Festival of [Living in Temporary] Shelters, in October.

4 and to come (in): come all old: elder Israel and to lift: raise [the] Levi [obj] [the] ark

When they had all arrived, the descendants of Levi lifted up the Sacred Chest,

5 and to ascend: establish [obj] [the] ark and [obj] tent meeting and [obj] all article/utensil [the] holiness which in/on/with tent to ascend: establish [obj] them [the] priest [the] Levi

and they carried it and the Sacred Tent and the sacred things that were inside it. The priests, who were also descended from Levi, carried them.

6 and [the] king Solomon and all congregation Israel [the] to appoint upon him to/for face: before [the] ark to sacrifice flock and cattle which not to recount and not to count from abundance

King Solomon and many of the other people of Israel who had gathered there walked in front of the Sacred Chest. And they sacrificed a huge amount of sheep and cattle. No one was able to count them [because there were very many].

7 and to come (in): bring [the] priest [obj] ark covenant LORD to(wards) place his to(wards) sanctuary [the] house: home to(wards) Most Holy Place [the] Most Holy Place to(wards) underneath: under wing [the] cherub

The priests then brought the Sacred Chest into the Most Holy Place, the inner room of the temple, and they placed it under the wings of the statues of winged creatures.

8 and to be [the] cherub to spread wing upon place [the] ark and to cover [the] cherub upon [the] ark and upon alone: pole his from to/for above [to]

The wings of those statues spread out over the Sacred Chest and over the poles by which it was carried.

9 and to prolong [the] alone: pole and to see: see head: top [the] alone: pole from [the] ark upon face: before [the] sanctuary and not to see: see [the] outside [to] and to be there till [the] day [the] this

The poles were very long, with the result that they could be seen by [those who were standing] at the entrance to the Most Holy Place, but they could not be seen by anyone standing outside the temple. Those poles are still there.

10 nothing in/on/with ark except two [the] tablet which to give: put Moses in/on/with Horeb which to cut: make(covenant) LORD with son: descendant/people Israel in/on/with to come out: come they from Egypt

The only things that were inside the Sacred Chest were the two stone tablets that Moses had put there at Sinai Mountain, where Yahweh made an agreement with the Israeli people after they came out of Egypt.

11 and to be in/on/with to come out: come [the] priest from [the] Holy Place for all [the] priest [the] to find to consecrate: consecate nothing to/for to keep: careful to/for division

Then the priests left the Holy Place. All the priests who were there, from every group, had performed the rituals to cause them to be acceptable to God.

12 and [the] Levi [the] to sing to/for all their to/for Asaph to/for Heman to/for Jeduthun and to/for son: child their and to/for brother: male-relative their to clothe fine linen in/on/with cymbal and in/on/with harp and lyre to stand: stand east to/for altar and with them priest to/for hundred and twenty (to blow *Q(k)*) in/on/with trumpet

All the descendants of Levi who were musicians—Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, their sons and their other relatives—stood on the east side of the altar. They were wearing linen clothes, and they were playing cymbals, harps, and lyres. There were 120 other priests who were blowing trumpets.

13 and to be like/as one (to/for to blow *Q(k)*) and to/for to sing to/for to hear: hear voice: [sound of] one to/for to boast: praise and to/for to give thanks to/for LORD and like/as to exalt voice: [sound of] in/on/with trumpet and in/on/with cymbal and in/on/with article/utensil [the] song and in/on/with to boast: praise to/for LORD for pleasant for to/for forever: enduring kindness his and [the] house: home to fill cloud house: temple LORD

The men blowing trumpets, those playing the cymbals and other musical instruments, and the singers, made music together, praising Yahweh and singing this song: “Yahweh is good [to us]; he faithfully loves us forever.” Then [suddenly] the temple was filled with a cloud.

14 and not be able [the] priest to/for to stand: stand to/for to minister from face: because [the] cloud for to fill glory LORD [obj] house: temple [the] God

The glorious radiance of Yahweh filled the temple, with the result that the priests were not able to continue doing their work.