1 Kings 8:6-13

6Then the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord to its place, into the inner sanctuary of the temple, to the Most Holy Place, under the wings of the cherubim.

7For the cherubim spread their two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim overshadowed the ark and its poles.

8The poles extended so that the ends of the poles could be seen from the holy place, in front of the inner sanctuary; but they could not be seen from outside. And they are there to this day.

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

10And it came to pass, when the priests came out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the Lord,

11so that the priests could not continue ministering because of the cloud; for the glory of the Lord filled the house of the Lord.

12Then Solomon spoke: “The Lord said He would dwell in the dark cloud.

13I have surely built You an exalted house, And a place for You to dwell in forever.”