1. Then Solomon said, “The Lord chose to live in a dark cloud.
10. Now, the Lord has done what he said he would do. I am the new king in my father’s place. David was my father. Now I am Israel’s king. That is what the Lord promised, and I have built the Temple for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.
11. I have put the Box of the Agreement in the Temple. The Lord’S Agreement with Israel is in that box.”
12-13. Solomon had made a bronze platform and placed it in the middle of the outer courtyard. The platform was 5 cubits long, 5 cubits wide, and 3 cubits tall. Solomon stood on the platform and faced the Lord’S altar. In front of all the Israelites who were gathered together, Solomon kneeled, spread his hands out toward heaven,