1 Kings 8:5-13

New American Standard Bible

⁵ And King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, who were gathered together to him, ^(A)were with him before the ark, sacrificing ^[a]so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered. ⁶ Then ^(B)the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the Lord ^(C)to its place, into the inner sanctuary of the house, to the Most Holy Place, ^(D)under the wings of the cherubim. ⁷ For the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim made a covering over the ark and its carrying poles from above. ⁸ But ^(E)the poles were so long 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 outside; they are there to this day. ^9 (F)There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets of stone which Moses put there at Horeb, where ^(G)the Lord made a covenant with the sons of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt. ¹⁰ And it happened that when the priests came from the holy place, ^(H)the cloud filled the house of the Lord, ¹¹ so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of the Lord filled the house of the Lord.

Solomon Addresses the People

^12 (I)Then Solomon said,