1 Kings 8:8-13

⁸And they had made the staves so long, that the ends of the staves were seen out in the holy place in the front of the debir, but they were not seen without; and they have remained there until this day.

⁹There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses had placed therein at Horeb, where the Lord made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.

¹⁰And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the Lord:

¹¹And the priests were not able to stand to minister because of the cloud; for the glory of the Lord had filled the house of the Lord.

¹²Then said Solomon, The Lord said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

¹³I have indeed built a dwelling-house for thee, a settled place for thy abode for ever.