9There was nothing in the ark but the two flat stones which Moses put there at Horeb, where the Lord made an agreement with the children of Israel when they came out of the land of Egypt.
10Now when the priests had come out of the holy place, the house of the Lord was full of the cloud,
11So that the priests were not able to keep their places to do their work because of the cloud, for the house of the Lord was full of the glory of the Lord.
12Then Solomon said, O Lord, to the sun you have given the heaven for a living-place, but your living-place was not seen by men;
13So I have made for you a living-place, a house in which you may be for ever present.
14Then, turning his face about, the king gave a blessing to all the men of Israel; and they were all on their feet together.
15And he said, Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, who himself gave his word to David my father, and with his strong hand has made his word come true, saying,
