Don’t laugh at me, long time Bible readers. I only just noticed for the first time that in the days when Solomon had his first vision of God, the ark of the covenant and the tabernacle of the Lord, also called the tent of meeting, were in different places. David had brought the ark into Jerusalem and had pitched another tent for it there, but the original tabernacle and the bronze altar made by Bezalel in the days of Moses remained at Gibeon.
I think we can safely say separating the ark of the covenant from the Holy of Holies, where it belonged, was a fairly egregious breach of the revealed will of God. Somehow, nobody seemed to notice.