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- Catholic Giving - About USCCB Dedication of the Temple. 1a
When all the work undertaken by Solomon for the house of the
LORD was completed, he brought in the votive offerings of David
his father, putting the silver, the gold, and other articles in
the treasuries of the house of God. 2Then Solomon assembled the
elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the princes in
the ancestral houses of the Israelites, to Jerusalem to bring up
the ark of the LORD’s covenant from the City of David, which is
Zion. 3All the people of Israel assembled before the king during
the festival of the seventh month.* 4b When all the elders of
Israel had arrived, the Levites* took up the ark; 5and they
brought up the ark and the tent of meeting with all the sacred
vessels that were in the tent. The levitical priests brought
them up. 6King Solomon and the entire community of Israel,
gathered for the occasion before the ark, sacrificed sheep and
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