2 Chronicles 5:2-9

2Then Solomon assembled the respected leaders of Israel, all the heads of the tribes, and the leaders of the Israelite families. They came to Jerusalem to take the ark of the Lord’s promise from the City of David (that is, Zion).

3All the men of Israel gathered around the king at the Festival ⌞of Booths⌟ in the seventh month.

4When all the leaders of Israel had arrived, the Levites picked up the ark.

5They brought the ark, the tent of meeting, and all the holy utensils in it ⌞to the temple⌟. The priests and the Levites carried them

6while King Solomon and the whole assembly from Israel were offering countless sheep and cattle sacrifices in front of the ark.

7The priests brought the ark of the Lord’s promise to its place in the inner room of the temple (the most holy place) under the wings of the angels.

8The angels’ outstretched wings were over the place where the ark ⌞rested⌟ so that the angels became a covering above the ark and its poles.

9The poles were so long that their ends could be seen in the holy place by anyone standing in front of the inner room, but they couldn’t be seen outside. (They are still there today.)