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.
62-63. Solomon and the people dedicated the temple to the Lord by offering twenty-two thousand cattle and one hundred and twenty thousand sheep as sacrifices to ask the Lord's blessing.
64. On that day, Solomon dedicated the courtyard in front of the temple and made it acceptable for worship. He offered the sacrifices there because the bronze altar in front of the temple was too small.
65. Solomon and the huge crowd celebrated the Festival of Shelters at the temple for seven days. There were people from as far away as the Egyptian Gorge in the south and Lebo-Hamath in the north.
66. Then on the eighth day, he sent everyone home. They said goodbye and left, very happy, because of all the good things the Lord had done for his servant David and his people Israel.