1 Kings 8:7-15 (Good News Translation)
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Their outstretched wings covered the box and the poles it was carried by.
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The ends of the poles could be seen by anyone standing directly in front of the Most Holy Place, but from nowhere else. (The poles are still there today.)
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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. 1
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As the priests were leaving the Temple, it was suddenly filled with a cloud 2
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shining with the dazzling light of the Lord's presence, and they could not go back in to perform their duties.
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Then Solomon prayed: 3 "You, Lord, have placed the sun in the sky, a yet you have chosen to live in clouds and darkness.
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Now I have built a majestic temple for you, a place for you to live in forever."
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As the people stood there, King Solomon turned to face them, and he asked God's blessing on them.
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He said, "Praise the Lord God of Israel! He has kept the promise he made to my father David, when he told him,
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission. (The Good News Translation - The Holy Bible Online)
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