1 Raja-raja 8:5-11

8:5 Now King Solomon and all the Israelites who had assembled with him went on ahead of the ark and sacrificed more sheep and cattle than could be counted or numbered. ¹ 

8:6 The priests brought the ark of the Lord’s covenant to its assigned ²  place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, in the most holy place, under the wings of the cherubs. 8:7 The cherubs’ wings extended over the place where the ark sat; the cherubs overshadowed the ark and its poles. ³  8:8 The poles were so long their ends were visible from the holy place in front of the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen from beyond that point. ⁴  They have remained there to this very day. 8:9 There was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets Moses had placed there in Horeb. ⁵  It was there that ⁶  the Lord made an agreement with the Israelites after he brought them out of the land of Egypt. 8:10 Once the priests left the holy place, a cloud filled the Lord’s temple. 8:11 The priests could not carry out their duties ⁷  because of the cloud; the Lord’s glory filled his temple. ⁸ 

[8:5]  ¹ tn Heb “And King Solomon and all the assembly of Israel, those who had been gathered to him, [were] before the ark, sacrificing sheep and cattle which could not be counted or numbered because of the abundance.”

[8:6]  ² tn The word “assigned” is supplied in the translation for clarification.

[8:7]  ³ sn And its poles. These poles were used to carry the ark. See Exod 25:13-15.

[8:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “they could not be seen outside.”

[8:9]  ⁵ sn Horeb is another name for Mount Sinai.

[8:9]  ⁶ tn Heb “in Horeb where.”

[8:11]  ⁷ tn Heb “were not able to stand to serve.”

[8:11]  ⁸ tn Heb “the house of the Lord.”