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For the k'ruvim spread out their wings over the place for the ark, covering the ark and its poles from above.
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The poles were so long that their ends could be seen from the Holy Place in front of the sanctuary, but they could not be seen from outside; they are there to this day.
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There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets of stone which Moshe put there at Horev, when ADONAI made the covenant with the people of Isra'el at the time of their leaving the land of Egypt.
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When the cohanim came out of the Holy Place, the cloud filled the house of ADONAI,
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so that, because of the cloud, the cohanim could not stand up to perform their service; for the glory of ADONAI filled the house of ADONAI.
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Shlomo said, "ADONAI said he would live in thick darkness.
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But I have built you a magnificent house, a place where you can live forever."
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Then the king turned around and blessed the whole community of Isra'el. The whole community of Isra'el stood
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as he said: "Blessed be ADONAI, the God of Isra'el, who spoke to my father David with his mouth and fulfilled his promise with his hand. He said,
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'Since the day I brought my people Isra'el out of Egypt, I chose no city from any of the tribes of Isra'el in which to build a house, so that my name might be there; but I did choose David to be over my people Isra'el.'
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Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of ADONAI the God of Isra'el;