Discovery Box1 Kings 3:15 
Context3:15 Solomon then woke up and realized it was a dream. 1 He went to Jerusalem, stood before the ark of the Lord’s covenant, offered up burnt sacrifices, presented peace offerings, 2 and held a feast for all his servants.
1 Kings 8:5-6
Context8:5 Now King Solomon and all the Israelites who had assembled with him went on ahead of the ark and sacrificed more sheep and cattle than could be counted or numbered. 3
8:6 The priests brought the ark of the Lord’s covenant to its assigned 4 place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, in the most holy place, under the wings of the cherubs.
1 Kings 8:9
Context8:9 There was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets Moses had placed there in Horeb. 5 It was there that 6 the Lord made an agreement with the Israelites after he brought them out of the land of Egypt.
1 Kings 8:21
Context8:21 and set up in it a place for the ark containing the covenant the Lord made with our ancestors 7 when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.”
1 tn Heb “and look, a dream.”
2 tn Or “tokens of peace”; NIV, TEV “fellowship offerings.”
3 tn Heb “And King Solomon and all the assembly of Israel, those who had been gathered to him, [were] before the ark, sacrificing sheep and cattle which could not be counted or numbered because of the abundance.”
4 tn The word “assigned” is supplied in the translation for clarification.
5 sn Horeb is another name for Mount Sinai.
6 tn Heb “in Horeb where.”
7 tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 34, 40, 48, 53, 57, 58).
