1 Kings 6:19

6:19 He prepared the inner sanctuary inside the temple so that the ark of the covenant of the Lord could be placed there.

1 Kings 8:4

8:4 The priests and Levites carried the ark of the Lord, the tent of meeting, 1  and all the holy items in the tent. 2 

1 Kings 8:6

8:6 The priests brought the ark of the Lord’s covenant to its assigned 3  place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, in the most holy place, under the wings of the cherubs.

1 Kings 3:15

3:15 Solomon then woke up and realized it was a dream. 4  He went to Jerusalem, stood before the ark of the Lord’s covenant, offered up burnt sacrifices, presented peace offerings, 5  and held a feast for all his servants.

1 Kings 8:1

Solomon Moves the Ark into the Temple

8:1 6 Then Solomon convened in Jerusalem 7  Israel’s elders, all the leaders of the Israelite tribes and families, so they could witness the transferal of the ark of the Lord’s covenant from the city of David (that is, Zion). 8 

1 Kings 2:26

2:26 The king then told Abiathar the priest, “Go back to your property 9  in Anathoth. You deserve to die, 10  but today I will not kill you because you did carry the ark of the sovereign Lord before my father David and you suffered with my father through all his difficult times.” 11 

1 tn Heb “the tent of assembly.”

2 tn Heb “and they carried the ark of the Lord…. The priests and the Levites carried them.”

1 tn The word “assigned” is supplied in the translation for clarification.

1 tn Heb “and look, a dream.”

2 tn Or “tokens of peace”; NIV, TEV “fellowship offerings.”

1 tc The Old Greek translation includes the following words at the beginning of ch. 8: “It so happened that when Solomon finished building the Lord’s temple and his own house, after twenty years.”

2 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

3 tn Heb “Then Solomon convened the elders of Israel, the heads of the tribes, the chiefs of the fathers belonging to the sons of Israel to King Solomon [in] Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord from the city of David (it is Zion).”

1 tn Or “field.”

2 tn Heb “you are a man of death.”

3 tn Heb “and because you suffered through all which my father suffered.”