8. The poles were so long that the ends of them were seen from the Holy Place before the Holy of Holies, but they were not seen outside; they are there to this day.
9. There was nothing in the ark except the two tables of stone which Moses put there at Horeb, where the Lord made a covenant with the Israelites when they came out of the land of Egypt. [Deut. 10:2-5.]
10. When the priests had come out of the Holy Place, the cloud filled the Lord's house,
11. So the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of the Lord had filled the Lord's house.
12. Then Solomon said, The Lord said that He would dwell in the thick darkness.
13. I have surely built You a house of habitation, a settled place for You to dwell in forever.