1 Kings 8:6-13

6Then the priests brought the Lord's Covenant Box to its proper place in the inside room of the temple. That was the Most Holy Place. They put it under the wings of the cherubs.

7The wings of the cherubs touched each other above the place where the Covenant Box was. The cherubs covered the Covenant Box and the poles that the Levites used to carry it.

8The poles were very long. The priests could see their ends from the Holy Place, if they stood in front of the Most Holy Place. But nobody could see the poles from outside the temple. And they are still there today.

9There was nothing in the Covenant Box, except the two flat stones that Moses had put there at Sinai. That was where the Lord made a covenant with the Israelites after they came out from Egypt.

10When the priests came out from the Holy Place, a cloud filled the Lord's temple.

11The priests could not do their work to serve the Lord, because of the cloud. The Lord's bright glory filled his temple.

12Then Solomon prayed, ‘Lord, you have said that you live in a dark cloud.

13Now I have built a great temple for you. It is a place where you can live for ever.’