9 There was nothing inside the Covenant Box except the two stone tablets which Moses had placed there at Mount Sinai, when the Lord made a covenant with the people of Israel as they were coming from Egypt.
10 As the priests were leaving the Temple, it was suddenly filled with a cloud
11 shining with the dazzling light of the Lord's presence, and they could not go back in to perform their duties.
12 Then Solomon prayed:“You, Lord, have placed the sun in the sky,yet you have chosen to live in clouds and darkness.
13 Now I have built a majestic temple for you,a place for you to live in forever.”
14 As the people stood there, King Solomon turned to face them, and he asked God's blessing on them.
15 He said, “Praise the Lord God of Israel! He has kept the promise he made to my father David, when he told him,