1 Kings 8:6-13

English Standard Version

^6 (A)Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the Lord ^(B)to its place in ^(C)the inner sanctuary of the house, in the Most Holy Place, underneath the wings of the cherubim. ⁷ For the cherubim spread out their wings over the place of the ark, so that the cherubim overshadowed the ark and its poles. ^8 (D)And the poles were so long that the ends of the poles were seen from the Holy Place before ^(E)the inner sanctuary; but they could not be seen from outside. And they are there to this day. ⁹ There was nothing in the ark except ^(F)the two tablets of stone that Moses put there at Horeb, where ^(G)the Lord made a covenant with the people of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt. ¹⁰ And when the priests came out of the Holy Place, ^(H)a 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 Blesses the Lord

^12 (I)Then Solomon said, “The Lord^[a] has said that he would dwell ^(J)in thick darkness. ^13 (K)I have indeed built you an exalted house, ^(L)a place for you to dwell in forever.”