6 The priests brought the ark of the Lord’s covenant to its place, into the inner sanctuary of the temple, to the most holy place 8:6 1Kg 6:19 beneath the wings of the cherubim. 9 Nothing was in the ark except the two stone tablets that Moses had put there at Horeb, 8:9 = Sinai, 8:9 Ex 25:21; Dt 10:5 where the Lord made a covenant with the Israelites when they came out of the land of Egypt. 8:9 Ex 24:7–8; Dt 4:13
10 When the priests came out of the holy place, the cloud filled the Lord’s temple, 8:10 Ex 40:34–35; 2Ch 7:111 and because of the cloud, the priests were not able to continue ministering, for the glory 8:11 2Ch 7:2; Ezk 10:4,18–19; 43:4–5 of the Lord filled the temple.