1ሰሎሞን ለእግዚአብሔር ቤተ መቅደስ የሠራው ሥራ ሁሉ ከተጠናቀቀ በኋላ፣ አባቱ ዳዊት የቀደሰውን ብሩንና ወርቁን፣ ዕቃዎቹንም ሁሉ አምጥቶ በእግዚአብሔር ቤተ መቅደስ ግምጃ ቤት አኖራቸው።
ታቦቱ ወደ ቤተ መቅደስ ገባ
5፥2–6፥11 ተጓ ምብ – 1ነገ 8፥1-21
2ከዚያ በኋላ ሰሎሞን የእግዚአብሔርን የኪዳን ታቦት ከዳዊት ከተማ ከጽዮን እንዲያመጡ፣ የእስራኤልን ሽማግሌዎች፣ የየነገዱን መሪዎች ሁሉና የእስራኤላውያንን የቤተ ሰብ አለቆች በኢየሩሳሌም ሰበሰበ። 3የእስራኤልም ሰዎች ሁሉ የሰባተኛው ወር በዓል በሚከበርበት ጊዜ፣ በንጉሡ ፊት ተሰበሰቡ።
4የእስራኤል ሽማግሌዎች በተሰበሰቡም ጊዜ ሌዋውያኑ ታቦቱን አነሡት፤ 5ታቦቱን፣ የመገናኛ ድንኳኑንና በውስጡ ያሉትን የተቀደሱ ዕቃዎች ሁሉ ይዘው ወደ ላይ ወጡ፤ ሌዋውያን የሆኑ ካህናትም ተሸከሟቸው። 6ንጉሥ ሰሎሞንና በአጠገቡ የተሰበሰበው መላው የእስራኤል ጉባኤ ስፍር ቍጥር የሌላቸውን በጎችና በሬዎች በታቦቱ ፊት ሠዉ።
7ካህናቱም የእግዚአብሔርን የኪዳኑን ታቦት የቤተ መቅደሱ ውስጠኛ ክፍል ወደ ሆነው ወደ ቅድስተ ቅዱሳኑ አግብተው ከኪሩቤል ክንፍ በታች ባለው ስፍራው አኖሩት። 8ኪሩቤልም ክንፎቻቸውን ከታቦቱ በላይ ባለው ስፍራ ላይ ዘርግተው፣ ታቦቱንና መሎጊያዎቹን ሸፈኑ። 9መሎጊያዎቹም በጣም ረጃጅም ከመሆናቸው የተነሣ፣ ታቦቱ እስካለበት ድረስ ያሉት ጫፎቻቸው ከቅድስተ ቅዱሳኑ ፊት ለፊት ይታዩ ነበር፤ ከመቅደሱ ውጭ ግን አይታዩም ነበር፤ ዛሬም እዚያው ቦታ ይገኛሉ። 10እስራኤላውያን ከግብፅ ከወጡ በኋላ እግዚአብሔር ከእነርሱ ጋር ኪዳን ባደረገ ጊዜ፣ ሙሴ በኮሬብ ተራራ በውስጡ ካስቀመጣቸው ከሁለቱ ጽላቶች በቀር በታቦቱ ውስጥ ምንም አልነበረም። 11ካህናቱም ከቤተ መቅደሱ ወጡ፤ እዚያ የነበሩት ካህናት በምድባቸው መሠረት ባይሆንም፣ ሁሉም ራሳቸውን ቀድሰው ነበር። 12መዘምራን የነበሩት ሌዋውያን ሁሉ፣ አሳፍ፣ ኤማን፣ ሄማንና ኤዶታም፣ ወንዶች ልጆቻቸውና የሥጋ ዘመዶቻቸው ሁሉ ያማረ ቀጭን በፍታ ለብሰው፣ ከመሠዊያው በስተ ምሥራቅ በኩል ቆመው ጸናጽል ይጸነጽሉ፣ በገና ይደረድሩና መሰንቆ ይመቱ ነበር፤ እነርሱም መለከት በሚነፉ አንድ መቶ ሃያ ካህናት ታጅበው ነበር። 13መለከት ነፊዎችና ዘማሪዎችም በአንድነት አንድ ድምፅ ሆነው ለእግዚአብሔር ውዳሴና ምስጋና አቀረቡ፤ በመለከት፣ በጸናጽልና በሌሎች መሣሪያዎች ታጅበውም ድምፃቸውን ከፍ በማድረግ እግዚአብሔርን እያወደሱ፣
“እርሱ ቸር ነው፣
ፍቅሩም ለዘላለም ጸንቶ ይኖራል።”
እያሉ ዘመሩ።
ከዚያም የእግዚአብሔር ቤተ መቅደስ በደመና ተሞላ። 14የእግዚአብሔር ክብር የአምላክን ቤተ መቅደስ ሞልቶት ስለ ነበር፣ ከደመናው የተነሣ ካህናቱ አገልግሎታቸውን ማከናወን አልቻሉም።
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.
