1 Kings 8:6-13

New International Version

⁶ The priests then brought the ark of the Lord’s covenant^(A) to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place,^(B) and put it beneath the wings of the cherubim.^{(C) 7} The cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark and overshadowed^(D) the ark and its carrying poles. ⁸ These poles were so long that their ends could be seen from the Holy Place in front of the inner sanctuary, but not from outside the Holy Place; and they are still there today.^{(E) 9} There was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets^(F) that Moses had placed in it at Horeb, where the Lord made a covenant with the Israelites after they came out of Egypt.

¹⁰ When the priests withdrew from the Holy Place, the cloud^(G) filled the temple of the Lord. ¹¹ And the priests could not perform their service^(H) because of the cloud, for the glory^(I) of the Lord filled his temple.

¹² Then Solomon said, “The Lord has said that he would dwell in a dark cloud;^{(J) 13} I have indeed built a magnificent temple for you, a place for you to dwell^(K) forever.”