1 Kings 8:8-13

⁸The poles were so long that the ends could be seen from the Holy Place in front of the inner sanctuary, but not from outside. They are there to this day.

⁹There was nothing in the Ark apart from the two tablets of stone that Moses had placed in it at Horeb, where the Lord had made an agreement with the Israelites after they came out of the land of Egypt.

¹⁰When the priests left the Holy Place, the cloud filled the Temple of the Lord.

¹¹Due to the cloud, the priests could not stay there to carry out their service, for the glory of the Lord had filled the Lord's Temple.

¹²Then Solomon said: “Lord, you said that you would live in the thick cloud.

¹³Now I have built for you a majestic Temple, a place where you may live for ever.”