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2 Chronicles 5: Solomons Builds The Temple – Clear & Engaging Audio Bible Reading | The Ark Of The Covenant, The Priestly Blessing, And The Glory Of The Lord
Immerse yourself in the powerful events of 2 Chronicles 5 with this clear and engaging audio recording. Follow the story of King Solomon as he builds the Temple, the bringing of the Ark of the Covenant, the priestly blessing that reverberated through the Temple, and the glory of the Lord that filled the Temple. Perfect for study, reflection, or meditation, experience the sacredness and grandeur of this chapter.
2 CHRONICLES 5 (NIV)
1 When all the work Solomon had done for the temple of the Lord was finished,
he brought in the things his father David had dedicated—the silver and gold
and all the furnishings—and he placed them in the treasuries of God’s temple.
2 Then Solomon summoned to Jerusalem the elders of Israel, all the heads of
the tribes and the chiefs of the Israelite families, to bring up the ark of
the Lord’s covenant from Zion, the City of David.
3 And all the Israelites
came together to the king at the time of the festival in the seventh month.
4 When all the elders of Israel had arrived, the Levites took up the ark,
5
and they brought up the ark and the tent of meeting and all the sacred
furnishings in it. The Levitical priests carried them up;
6 and King Solomon
and the entire assembly of Israel that had gathered about him were before the
ark, sacrificing so many sheep and cattle that they could not be recorded or
counted.
7 The priests then brought the ark of the Lord’s covenant to its place in the
inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, and put it beneath the
wings of the cherubim.
8 The cherubim spread their wings over the place of the
ark and covered the ark and its carrying poles.
9 These poles were so long
that their ends, extending from the ark, could be seen from in front of the
inner sanctuary, but not from outside the Holy Place; and they are still there
today.
10 There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets that Moses had
placed in it at Horeb, where the Lord made a covenant with the Israelites
after they came out of Egypt.
11 The priests then withdrew from the Holy Place. All the priests who were
there had consecrated themselves, regardless of their divisions. 12 All the
Levites who were musicians—Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun and their sons and
relatives—stood on the east side of the altar, dressed in fine linen and
playing cymbals, harps and lyres. They were accompanied by 120 priests
sounding trumpets.
13 The trumpeters and musicians joined in unison to give
praise and thanks to the Lord. Accompanied by trumpets, cymbals and other
instruments, the singers raised their voices in praise to the Lord and sang:
“He is good;
his love endures forever.”
Then the temple of the Lord was filled with the cloud,
14 and the priests
could not perform their service because of the cloud, for the glory of the
Lord filled the temple of God.