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Then Solomonassembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto kingSolomon in Jerusalem, that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion.
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And all the men of Israelassembled themselves unto kingSolomon at the feast in the monthEthanim, which is the seventhmonth.
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And all the elders of Israelcame , and the priests took up the ark.
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And they brought up the ark of the LORD, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holyvessels that were in the tabernacle, even those did the priests and the Levites bring up .
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And kingSolomon, and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled unto him, were with him before the ark,sacrificingsheep and oxen, that could not be told nor numbered for multitude.
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And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, into the oracle of the house, to the mostholy place, even under the wings of the cherubims.