“And when the priests came out of the Holy Place, the cloud filled the house of the LORD”
1 Kings 8:10 (BSB)
Context Reading
8The poles extended far enough that their ends were visible from the Holy Place in front of the inner sanctuary, but not from outside the Holy Place; and they are there to this day. 9There was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets that Moses had placed in it at Horeb, where the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelites after they had come out of the land of Egypt. 10And when the priests came out of the Holy Place, the cloud filled the house of the LORD 11so that the priests could not stand there to minister because of the cloud. For the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD. 12Then Solomon declared: “The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud.