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And King Solomon and all the men of Israel who had come together there, were with him before the ark, making offerings of sheep and oxen more than might be numbered.
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And the priests took the ark of the agreement of the Lord and put it in its place in the inner room of the house, in the most holy place, under the wings of the winged ones.
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For their wings were outstretched over the place where the ark was, covering the ark and its rods.
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The rods were so long that their ends were seen from the holy place, in front of the inmost room; but they were not seen from outside: and there they are to this day.
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There was nothing in the ark but the two flat stones which Moses put there at Horeb, where the Lord made an agreement with the children of Israel when they came out of the land of Egypt.
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Now when the priests had come out of the holy place, the house of the Lord was full of the cloud,
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So that the priests were not able to keep their places to do their work because of the cloud, for the house of the Lord was full of the glory of the Lord.
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Then Solomon said, O Lord, to the sun you have given the heaven for a living-place, but your living-place was not seen by men;
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So I have made for you a living-place, a house in which you may be for ever present.
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Then, turning his face about, the king gave a blessing to all the men of Israel; and they were all on their feet together.
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And he said, Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, who himself gave his word to David my father, and with his strong hand has made his word come true, saying,