1 Kings 8:6-13

6The priests brought the ark of the Lord’s promise to its place in the inner room of the temple (the most holy place) under the wings of the angels.

7When the angels’ outstretched wings were over the place where the ark ⌞rested⌟, the angels became a covering above the ark and its poles.

8The poles were so long that their ends could be seen in the holy place by anyone standing in front of the inner room, but they couldn’t be seen outside. (They are still there today.)

9There was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets Moses put there at Horeb, where the Lord made a promise to the Israelites after they left Egypt.

10When the priests left the holy place, a cloud filled the Lord’s temple.

11The priests couldn’t serve because of the cloud. The Lord’s glory filled his temple.

12Then Solomon said, “The Lord said he would live in a dark cloud.

13I certainly have built you a high temple, a home for you to live in permanently.”