5. King Solomon and all the people of Israel assembled in front of the Covenant Box and sacrificed a large number of sheep and cattle — too many to count.
6. Then the priests carried the Covenant Box into the Temple and put it in the Most Holy Place, beneath the winged creatures.
7. Their outstretched wings covered the box and the poles it was carried by.
8. The ends of the poles could be seen by anyone standing directly in front of the Most Holy Place, but from nowhere else. (The poles are still there today.)
9. There was nothing inside the Covenant Box except the two stone tablets which Moses had placed there at Mount Sinai, when the Lord made a covenant with the people of Israel as they were coming from Egypt.
10. As the priests were leaving the Temple, it was suddenly filled with a cloud