NET Bible
"Once the priests left the holy place, a cloud filled the LORD’s temple."
— 1 Kings 8:10, NET Bible
“And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the Lord,”
“And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of Jehovah, ”
“It came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of Yahweh,”
“And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the sanctuary, that a cloud filled the house of the Lord,”
“Now when the priests had come out of the holy place, the house of the Lord was full of the cloud,”
“And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the Lord,”
The cherubim’s wings extended over the place where the ark sat; the cherubim overshadowed the ark and its poles.
The poles were so long their ends were visible from the holy place in front of the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen from beyond that point. They have remained there to this very day.
There was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets Moses had placed there in Horeb. It was there that the LORD made a covenant with the Israelites after he brought them out of the land of Egypt.
Once the priests left the holy place, a cloud filled the LORD’s temple.
The priests could not carry out their duties because of the cloud; the LORD’s glory filled his temple.
Then Solomon said,“The LORD has said that he lives in thick darkness.
O LORD, truly I have built a lofty temple for you, a place where you can live permanently.”