^{6 Ref} And the priests bring in the ark of the covenant of Jehovah unto its place, unto the oracle of the house, unto the holy of holies, unto the place of the wings of the cherubs;

⁷ for the cherubs are spreading forth two wings unto the place of the ark, and the cherubs cover over the ark, and over its staves from above;

^{8 Ref} and they lengthen the staves, and the heads of the staves are seen from the holy `place' on the front of the oracle, and are not seen without, and they are there unto this day.

^{9 Ref} There is nothing in the ark, only the two tables of stone which Moses put there in Horeb, when Jehovah covenanted with the sons of Israel in their going out of the land of Egypt.

^{10 Ref} And it cometh to pass, in the going out of the priests from the holy `place', that the cloud hath filled the house of Jehovah,

^{11 Ref} and the priests have not been able to stand to minister because of the cloud, for the honour of Jehovah hath filled the house of Jehovah.

^{12 Ref} Then said Solomon, `Jehovah hath said to dwell in thick darkness;

^{13 Ref} I have surely built a house of habitation for Thee; a fixed place for Thine abiding to the ages.'