The temple has been completed. With great fanfare and celebrating, Solomon brings the ark from the city of David to the temple. Notice we are given an accounting of what the ark holds - the two tablets that Moses put there. These are the tablets on which the Lord wrote the commandments. After the ark was placed in the Most Holy of Holies, the glory of the Lord filled the temple. Solomon then spoke to the people, reminding them of the promises of God.
This event took place during the Feast of Booths, also known as Sukkot, a feast in which the people of Israel live in tents for seven days to remind them of the exodus. It takes place five days after the Day of Atonement in the fall after the harvest. It is one of three pilgrim feasts, which was to be celebrated in Jerusalem with offerings brought to the temple. Although mostly unknown to many modern day Christians, Sukkot has messianic significance. Many scholars believe that Jesus was born during Sukkot. Given that Sukkot is a time of remembering God's deliverance of the Israelites from bondage in Egypt, it is fitting that Jesus would have been born during this feast since He is the deliverer of the world.
Of the three pilgrim feasts: Passover, Pentecost, and Sukkot, Jesus was crucified on Passover, ascended into heaven on Pentecost, and His first and second coming occur on Sukkot. Check out this link for more information about Sukkot, or the Feast of Booths: http://www.gotquestions.org/Feast-of-Tabernacles.html
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