There was no ark to put in it, for that had been lost, but a large stone was put in the place where the ark should have been.
And it took He-rod more than nine years to build this House of God on the top of Mount Mo-ri-ah. And the way up to it was by a long flight of steps.
This ends the Old Tes-ta-ment, which was made up of all the books that were kept by all the scribes from the time the world was made.