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 

[8:4]  ¹ tn Heb “the tent of assembly.”

[8:4]  ² tn Heb “and they carried the ark of the Lord…. The priests and the Levites carried them.”

[8:6]  ¹ tn The word “assigned” is supplied in the translation for clarification.

[3:15]  ¹ tn Heb “and look, a dream.”

[3:15]  ² tn Or “tokens of peace”; NIV, TEV “fellowship offerings.”

[8:1]  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.”

[8:1]  ² map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[8:1]  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).”

[2:26]  ¹ tn Or “field.”

[2:26]  ² tn Heb “you are a man of death.”

[2:26]  ³ tn Heb “and because you suffered through all which my father suffered.”