⁵ and King Solomon and the entire assembly of Israel that had gathered about him were before the ark, sacrificing^(A) so many sheep and cattle that they could not be recorded or counted.

¹³ When those who were carrying the ark of the Lord had taken six steps, he sacrificed^(A) a bull and a fattened calf.

Ministering Before the Ark^(A)(B)(C)

16 They brought the ark of God and set it inside the tent that David had pitched^(D) for it, and they presented burnt offerings and fellowship offerings before God.

The Dedication of the Temple^(A)

⁶² Then the king and all Israel with him offered sacrifices^(B) before the Lord. ⁶³ Solomon offered a sacrifice of fellowship offerings to the Lord: twenty-two thousand cattle and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep and goats. So the king and all the Israelites dedicated^(C) the temple of the Lord.