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1 Kings 8:5

Solomon
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3 When all the elders of Israel had arrived, the priests took up the ark,

4 and they brought up the ark of the LORD and the Tent of Meeting with all its sacred furnishings. So the priests and Levites carried them up.

There, before the ark, King Solomon and the whole congregation of Israel who had assembled with him sacrificed so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered.

6 Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, beneath the wings of the cherubim.

7 For the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark and overshadowed the ark and its poles.

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BSB
There, before the ark, King Solomon and the whole congregation of Israel who had assembled with him sacrificed so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered.
KJV
And king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled unto him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be told nor numbered for multitude.
WEB
King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, who were assembled to him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and cattle that could not be counted or numbered for multitude.
ASV
And king Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled unto him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be counted nor numbered for multitude.
DARBY
And king Solomon, and all the assembly of Israel that were assembled to him, [who were] with him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen, which could not be counted nor numbered for multitude.
BLB
And King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel who were assembled with him [were] with him before the face of the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen that could not be counted or numbered for multitude.
ÅB
Og kong Salomo sto foran arken og med ham hele Israels menighet, som hadde samlet seg hos ham, og de ofret småfe og storfe i slik mengde at de ikke kunne telles eller regnes.
OTB
Og kong Salomo og hele Israels menighet, som var samlet hos ham, var med ham foran arken, og ofret så mange sauer og okser at de ikke kunne telles eller regnes.
B1930
Og kong Salomo stod foran arken og med ham hele Israels menighet, som hadde samlet sig hos ham, og de ofret småfe og storfe i slik mengde at de ikke kunde telles eller regnes.

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