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Then the priests brought the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, in the Most Holy Place, underneath the wings of the cherubim. For the cherubim spread out their wings over the place where the Ark stood, so that they sheltered the Ark and its poles.

The poles were so long that their ends could be seen from the Holy Place in front of the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen from outside. They are still there to this very day.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 5:9 Still there to this very day: this statement in fact, is not correct, however, the Chronicler chose to copy it from sources that preceded the destruction of Solomon’s temple.