1Thus all the work that Solomon made for the house of the LORD was finished: and Solomon brought in all the things that David his father had dedicated; and the silver, and the gold, and all the instruments, put he among the treasures of the house of God.
2¶ Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion. 3Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king in the feast which was in the seventh month. 4And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up the ark. 5And they brought up the ark, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, these did the priests and the Levites bring up. 6Also king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel that were assembled unto him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen, which could not be told nor numbered for multitude. 7And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, to the oracle of the house, into the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims: 8For the cherubims spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above. 9And they drew out the staves of the ark, that the ends of the staves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen without. And there it is unto this day.5.9 there…: or, they are there 10There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses put therein at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt.5.10 when the LORD: or, where, etc
11¶ And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place: (for all the priests that were present were sanctified, and did not then wait by course:5.11 present: Heb. found 12Also the Levites which were the singers, all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, being arrayed in white linen, having cymbals and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them an hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets:) 13It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the LORD; 14So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of God.
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神殿の完成と契約の箱の安置
1こうして、ついに神殿が完成しました。そこでソロモン王は、父ダビデが主にささげたものを神殿の宝物倉に納めました。
2王はイスラエルの部族と氏族の長を全員エルサレムに召集し、契約の箱を、シオンと呼ばれるダビデの町の幕屋から新しい神殿に移しました。 3契約の箱の移動は、恒例の十月の仮庵の祭り（収穫を祝う祭り。ユダヤ人の三大祭の一つ）の日に行われました。 4-5イスラエルの指導者たちが見守る中で、レビ人が箱をかつぎ上げ、そのほかのきよい器具とともに運び出したのです。 6王をはじめ人々は、箱の前で羊や牛をいけにえにささげましたが、その数はあまりに多く、数えることができませんでした。
7-8それから祭司たちは、箱を神殿の奥の至聖所に運び入れ、ケルビムの翼の下に置きました。翼は、箱とかつぎ棒を覆うような形で広がっていました。 9そのかつぎ棒は長かったので、先端が前の部屋からは見えましたが、外からは見えませんでした。契約の箱は、この書が書かれている今日も、なおそこにあります。 10箱の中には、二枚の石板のほかは何もありませんでした。その石板は、主がエジプトを出たイスラエルの民と契約を結ばれた時、モーセがホレブ山（シナイ山）で箱に納めたものです。
11-12祭司たちはきよめの儀式をすませ、ふだんの務めとは関係なく、全員が式に参加しました。レビ人たちは、祭司たちが至聖所から出て来ると、すばらしい声で主を賛美しました。歌い手はアサフ、ヘマン、エドトンはじめ、その子らと兄弟たちで、全員が純白の美しい亜麻布をまとい、祭壇の東側に立っていました。合唱隊には、ラッパを吹く百二十人の祭司のほか、シンバルや琴や竪琴の演奏者が加わりました。 13-14合唱隊と演奏隊は一つとなって、「主はなんとすばらしい方！ そのいつくしみはとこしえまで！」と主を賛美し、感謝をささげました。すると、主の栄光がまぶしく光る雲となって神殿を包んだので、祭司たちはその務めを果たすことができなくなりました。
