1 Kings 8:9 “There was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets that Moses h…”

1 Kings 8:9

There 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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.

World English Bible

There was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.

American Standard Version

There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone which Moses put there at Horeb, when Jehovah made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.

Geneva Bible 1599

Nothing was in the Arke saue the two tables of stone which Moses had put there at Horeb, where the Lord made a couenant with the children of Israel, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.

Darby Translation

There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone which Moses placed there at Horeb, when Jehovah made [a covenant] with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.

Young's Literal Translation

There is nothing in the ark, only the two tables of stone which Moses put there in Horeb, when Jehovah covenanted with the sons of Israel in their going out of the land of Egypt.

Bible in Basic English

There was nothing in the ark but the two flat stones which Moses put there at Horeb, where the Lord made an agreement with the children of Israel when they came out of the land of Egypt.

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Cross references

“nothing”

Exodus 25:21 2 Chronicles 5:10 Deuteronomy 10:2

Exodus 25:21 · BSB

Set the mercy seat atop the ark and put the Testimony that I will give you into the ark.

2 Chronicles 5:10 · BSB

There was nothing in the ark except the two 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 Egypt.

Deuteronomy 10:2 · BSB

And I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke; and you are to place them in the ark.”

“in the ark”

Hebrews 9:4 Exodus 16:33 Numbers 17:10

Hebrews 9:4 · BSB

containing the golden altar of incense and the gold-covered ark of the covenant. Inside the ark were the gold jar of manna, Aaron’s staff that had budded, and the stone tablets of the covenant.

Exodus 16:33 · BSB

So Moses told Aaron, “Take a jar and fill it with an omer of manna. Then place it before the LORD to be preserved for the generations to come.”

Numbers 17:10 · BSB

The LORD said to Moses, “Put Aaron’s staff back in front of the Testimony, to be kept as a sign for the rebellious, so that you may put an end to their grumbling against Me, lest they die.”

“put there at Horeb”

Exodus 40:20 Deuteronomy 31:26 Deuteronomy 10:5

Exodus 40:20 · BSB

Moses took the Testimony and placed it in the ark, attaching the poles to the ark; and he set the mercy seat atop the ark.

Deuteronomy 31:26 · BSB

“Take this Book of the Law and place it beside the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, so that it may remain there as a witness against you.

Deuteronomy 10:5 · BSB

and I went back down the mountain and placed the tablets in the ark I had made, as the LORD had commanded me; and there they have remained.

“when”

Deuteronomy 4:13 1 Kings 8:21 Exodus 24:8 Exodus 34:27 Exodus 34:28

Deuteronomy 4:13 · BSB

He declared to you His covenant, which He commanded you to follow—the Ten Commandments that He wrote on two tablets of stone.

1 Kings 8:21 · BSB

And there I have provided a place for the ark, which contains the covenant of the LORD that He made with our fathers when He brought them out of the land of Egypt.”

Exodus 24:8 · BSB

So Moses took the blood, splattered it on the people, and said, “This is the blood of the covenant that the LORD has made with you in accordance with all these words.”

Exodus 34:27 · BSB

The LORD also said to Moses, “Write down these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.”

Exodus 34:28 · BSB

So Moses was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights without eating bread or drinking water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant—the Ten Commandments.

“the cloud”

2 Chronicles 7:1–3 Exodus 13:21 Exodus 14:24 Exodus 16:10 Exodus 24:16–18 Leviticus 16:2

2 Chronicles 7:1–3 · BSB

When Solomon had finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the LORD filled the temple.

Exodus 13:21 · BSB

And the LORD went before them in a pillar of cloud to guide their way by day, and in a pillar of fire to give them light by night, so that they could travel by day or night.

Exodus 14:24 · BSB

At morning watch, however, the LORD looked down on the army of the Egyptians from the pillar of fire and cloud, and He threw their camp into confusion.

Exodus 16:10 · BSB

And as Aaron was speaking to the whole congregation of Israel, they looked toward the desert, and there in a cloud the glory of the LORD appeared.

Exodus 24:16–18 · BSB

and the glory of the LORD settled on Mount Sinai. For six days the cloud covered it, and on the seventh day the LORD called to Moses from within the cloud.

Leviticus 16:2 · BSB

And the LORD said to Moses: “Tell your brother Aaron not to enter freely into the Most Holy Place behind the veil in front of the mercy seat on the ark, or else he will die, because I appear in the cloud above the mercy…

Also

Exodus 24:7–8

Exodus 24:7–8 · BSB

Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people, who replied, “All that the LORD has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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.

10And when the priests came out of the Holy Place, the cloud filled the house of the LORD

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