1. Solomon prayed:“Our Lord, you said that youwould live in a dark cloud.
10. The Lord has done what he promised. I am now the king of Israel, and I've built a temple for the Lord our God.
11. I've also put the sacred chest in the temple. And in that chest are the two flat stones on which is written the solemn agreement the Lord made with our ancestors when he rescued them from Egypt.
12-13. Earlier, Solomon had a bronze platform made that was about two metres square and over a metre high, and he put it in the centre of the outer courtyard near the altar. Solomon stood on the platform facing the altar with everyone standing behind him. Then he lifted his arms towards heaven; he knelt down