8The poles were so long that the ends of the poles were seen from the holy place before the oracle; but they were not seen outside: and there they are to this day.
9There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone which Moses put there at Horeb, when Yahweh made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.
10It came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of Yahweh,
11so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud; for the glory of Yahweh filled the house of Yahweh.
12Then spoke Solomon, Yahweh has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
13I have surely built you a house of habitation, a place for you to dwell in forever.
14The king turned his face about, and blessed all the assembly of Israel: and all the assembly of Israel stood.
