World English Bible
1 Kings 8:1
“Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the princes of the fathers' [houses] of the children of Israel, to king Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Yahweh out of the city of David, which is Zion.”
Verse in context — 1 Kings 8
1
Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the princes of the fathers' [houses] of the children of Israel, to king Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Yahweh out of the city of David, which is Zion.
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All the men of Israel assembled themselves to king Solomon at the feast, in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month.
3
All the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.
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Solomon’s reign, the temple’s construction, and the kingdom’s division.
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