5. Solomon and a crowd of people walked in front of the chest, and along the way they sacrificed more sheep and cattle than could be counted.
6. The priests carried the chest into the most holy place and put it under the winged creatures,
7. whose wings covered the chest and the poles used for carrying it.
8. The poles were so long that they could be seen from just outside the most holy place, but not from anywhere else. And they stayed there from then on.
9. The only things kept in the chest were the two flat stones Moses had put there when the Lord made his agreement with the people of Israel at Mount Sinai, after bringing them out of Egypt.
41-42. Foreigners will hear about you and your mighty power, and some of them will come to live among your people Israel. If any of them pray towards this temple,
43. listen from your home in heaven and answer their prayers. Then everyone on earth will worship you, just like your people Israel, and they will know that I have built this temple to honour you.
44. Our Lord, sometimes you will order your people to attack their enemies. Then your people will turn towards this temple I have built for you in your chosen city, and they will pray to you.
45. Answer their prayers from heaven and give them victory.
46. Everyone sins. But when your people sin against you, suppose you get angry enough to let their enemies drag them away to foreign countries.
47-49. Later, they may feel sorry for what they did and ask your forgiveness. Answer them when they pray towards this temple I have built for you in your chosen city, here in this land you gave their ancestors. From your home in heaven, listen to their sincere prayers and do what they ask.
50. Forgive your people no matter how much they have sinned against you. Make the enemies who defeated them be kind to them.
51. Remember, they are the people you chose and rescued from Egypt that was like a blazing fire to them.