1 Kings 8:1

Solomon Moves the Ark into the Temple

8:1 ¹ Then Solomon convened in Jerusalem ²  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). ³ 

1 Kings 18:44

18:44 The seventh time the servant ⁴  said, “Look, a small cloud, the size of the palm of a man’s hand, is rising up from the sea.” Elijah ⁵  then said, “Go and tell Ahab, ‘Hitch up the chariots and go down, so that the rain won’t overtake you.’” ⁶ 

[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).”

[18:44]  ⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the servant) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[18:44]  ⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[18:44]  ⁶ tn Heb “so that the rain won’t restrain you.”