1 Kings 8:6-13

6The priests brought the ark of the Lord’s covenant to its place, into the inner sanctuary of the temple, to the most holy place beneath the wings of the cherubim.

7For the cherubim were spreading their wings over the place of the ark, so that the cherubim covered the ark and its poles from above.

8The poles were so long that their ends were seen from the holy place in front of the inner sanctuary, but they were not seen from outside the sanctuary; they are still there today.

9Nothing was in the ark except the two stone tablets that Moses had put there at Horeb, where the Lord made a covenant with the Israelites when they came out of the land of Egypt.

10When the priests came out of the holy place, the cloud filled the Lord’s temple,

11and because of the cloud, the priests were not able to continue ministering, for the glory of the Lord filled the temple.

12Then Solomon said: The Lord said that he would dwell in total darkness.

13I have indeed built an exalted temple for you, a place for your dwelling forever.