1-2 The sacred chest had been kept on Mount Zion, also known as the city of David. But Solomon decided to have the chest moved to the temple while everyone was in Jerusalem, celebrating the Festival of Shelters during Ethanim, the seventh month of the year.Solomon called together the important leaders of Israel.
3-4 Then the priests and the Levites carried to the temple the sacred chest, the sacred tent, and the objects used for worship.
5 Solomon and a crowd of people stood in front of the chest and sacrificed more sheep and cattle than could be counted.
6 The priests carried the chest into the most holy place and put it under the winged creatures,
7 whose wings covered both the chest and the poles used for carrying it.