2 Chronicles 5:2-9

2Solomon then summoned to Jerusalem the elders of Israel and all the heads of tribes—the leaders of the ancestral families of Israel. They were to bring the Ark of the Lord’s Covenant to the Temple from its location in the City of David, also known as Zion.

3So all the men of Israel assembled before the king at the annual Festival of Shelters, which is held in early autumn.

4When all the elders of Israel arrived, the Levites picked up the Ark.

5The priests and Levites brought up the Ark along with the special tent and all the sacred items that had been in it.

6There, before the Ark, King Solomon and the entire community of Israel sacrificed so many sheep, goats, and cattle that no one could keep count!

7Then the priests carried the Ark of the Lord’s Covenant into the inner sanctuary of the Temple—the Most Holy Place—and placed it beneath the wings of the cherubim.

8The cherubim spread their wings over the Ark, forming a canopy over the Ark and its carrying poles.

9These poles were so long that their ends could be seen from the Holy Place, which is in front of the Most Holy Place, but not from the outside. They are still there to this day.