Hebrew
וַיִּקָּהֲלוּ אֶל־הַמֶּלֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹה כָּל־אִישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּיֶרַח הָאֵתָנִים בֶּחָג הוּא הַחֹדֶשׁ
הַשְּׁבִיעִי׃ וַיָּבֹאוּ כֹּל זִקְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיִּשְׂאוּ הַכֹּהֲנִים אֶת־הָאָרוֹן׃ וַיַּעֲלוּ אֶת־אֲרוֹן
יְהוָה וְאֶת־אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד וְאֶת־כָּל־כְּלֵי הַקֹּדֶשׁ אֲשֶׁר בָּאֹהֶל וַיַּעֲלוּ אֹתָם הַכֹּהֲנִים
וְהַלְוִיִּם׃ וְהַמֶּלֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹה וְכָל־עֲדַת יִשְׂרָאֵל הַנּוֹעָדִים עָלָיו אִתּוֹ לִפְנֵי הָאָרוֹן
מְזַבְּחִים צֹאן וּבָקָר אֲשֶׁר לֹא־יִסָּפְרוּ וְלֹא יִמָּנוּ מֵרֹב׃ וַיָּבִאוּ הַכֹּהֲנִים אֶת־אֲרוֹן
בְּרִית־יְהוָה אֶל־מְקוֹמוֹ אֶל־דְּבִיר הַבַּיִת אֶל־קֹדֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִׁים אֶל־תַּחַת כַּנְפֵי
הַכְּרוּבִים׃ כִּי הַכְּרוּבִים פֹּרְשִׂים כְּנָפַיִם אֶל־מְקוֹם הָאָרוֹן וַיָּסֹכּוּ הַכְּרֻבִים עַל־
הָאָרוֹן וְעַל־בַּדָּיו מִלְמָעְלָה׃ וַיַּאֲרִכוּ הַבַּדִּים וַיֵּרָאוּ רָאשֵׁי הַבַּדִּים מִן־הַקֹּדֶשׁ
עַל־פְּנֵי הַדְּבִיר וְלֹא יֵרָאוּ הַחוּצָה וַיִּהְיוּ שָׁם עַד הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה׃ אֵין בָּאָרוֹן רַק שְׁנֵי
לֻחוֹת הָאֲבָנִים אֲשֶׁר הִנִּיחַ שָׁם מֹשֶׁה בְּחֹרֵב אֲשֶׁר כָּרַת יְהוָה עִם־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל
בְּצֵאתָם מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם׃ וַיְהִי בְּצֵאת הַכֹּהֲנִים מִן־הַקֹּדֶשׁ וְהֶעָנָן מָלֵא אֶת־
בֵּית יְהוָה׃ וְלֹא־יָכְלוּ הַכֹּהֲנִים לַעֲמֹד לְשָׁרֵת מִפְּנֵי הֶעָנָן כִּי־מָלֵא כְבוֹד־יְהוָה
Sephardi
Vayikahelu el-haMelech Shelomoh kol-ish Yisrael beyerach haEitanim bechag hu haChodesh
haShevi'i: vayavo'u kol ziknei Yisrael vayis'u haKohanim et-haAron: vayaalu et-Aron
Adonai ve'et-ohel mo'ed ve'et-kol-klei haKodesh asher ba'ohel vayaalu otam haKohanim
vehaLeviim: vehaMelech Shelomoh vechol-adat Yisrael hano'adim alav ito lifnei haAron
mezabchim tzon uvakar asher lo-yisaferu velo yimanu merov: vayavi'u haKohanim et-Aron
berit-Adonai el-mekomo el-devir haBayit el-kodesh haKodashim el-tachat kanfei
haKeruvim: ki haKeruvim porsim kenafayim el-mekom haAron vayasoku haKeruvim al-
haAron ve'al-badav milma'alah: vayaarichu haBadim vayera'u rashei haBadim min-haKodesh
al-penei haDevir velo yera'u haChutzah vayihyu sham ad haYom haZeh: ein baAron rak shenei
luchot haAvanim asher hiniach sham Moshe beChorev asher karat Adonai im-benei Yisrael
betzetam me'eretz Mitzrayim: vayehi betzet haKohanim min-haKodesh veheAnan malei et-
beit Adonai: velo-yachlu haKohanim la'amod lesharet mipnei heAnan ki-male kevod-Adonai
English
It was in the month of Eitanim, at the Festival (in the seventh month, that is), that all the people of Israel gathered together to King Solomon. All the elders of Israel came; and the Priests were bearing the Ark with them. The Priests and the Levites brought the Ark of the LORD, and the Tent of Meeting and all the holy vessels that used to be in it, up [to the top of Mount Zion]. And King Solomon, and all the people of Israel who had come with him before the Ark, brought offerings from the flock and the herd; offerings that could not be counted or listed, so numerous were they. The priests brought the Ark of the LORD's Covenant to its place: to the Sanctuary of the House – to the Holy of Holies – to the shade of the Cherubim's wings. For the Cherubim stretched their wings out over the place of the Ark; and they covered the Ark and its poles above. The poles themselves extended outwards, and their ends were discernible from the Holy Place, the Sanctuary, but they could not be seen from outside; and this is where they remain to this day. The Ark held nothing else but the two stone tablets that Moses had placed there at Horev, that the LORD had hewed out with the children of Israel as they left Egypt. And when the Priests left the Holy Place, the cloud filled the House of the LORD. And the Priests could not stand up to serve because of the cloud – for the glory of the LORD filled the LORD's House.