1 Kings 8:1-13

11Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all 2the heads of the tribes, the leaders of the fathers’ households of the sons of Israel, to King Solomon in Jerusalem, 3to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord from 4the city of David, which is Zion. 2All the men of Israel assembled themselves to King Solomon at 5the feast, in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month. 3Then all the elders of Israel came, and 6the priests took up the ark. 4They brought up the ark of the Lord and 7the tent of meeting and all the holy utensils, which were in the tent, and the priests and the Levites brought them up. 5And King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, who were assembled to him, 8were with him before the ark, sacrificing 9so many sheep and oxen they could not be counted or numbered. 6Then 10the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the Lord 11to its place, into the inner sanctuary of the house, to the most holy place, 12under the wings of the cherubim. 7For the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim made a covering over the ark and its poles from above. 8But 13the poles were so long that the ends of the poles could be seen from the holy place before the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen outside; they are there to this day. 914There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets of stone which Moses put there at Horeb, where 15the Lord made a covenant with the sons of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt. 10It happened that when the priests came from the holy place, 16the cloud filled the house of the Lord, 11so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of the Lord filled the house of the Lord.

1217Then Solomon said, “The Lord has said that 18He would dwell in the thick cloud.1319I have surely built You a lofty house, 20A place for Your dwelling forever.”