2 Chronicles 5:10

Translations

Modern

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.

Traditional

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

Literal

Nothing was in the ark except the two tablets that Moses gave at Horeb, when YHWH cut with the sons of Israel in their going out from Egypt.

Latin

Nihilque erat aliud in arca, nisi duæ tabulæ quas posuerat Moyses in Horeb, quando legem dedit Dominus filiis Israël egredientibus ex Ægypto.

Original

Hebrew

English

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.

Notes

2 Chronicles 5:10

The ark held only the tablets of the covenant (see Exodus 25:21; Deuteronomy 10:5). The pot of manna that Aaron placed in the ark (Exodus 16:33–34) was apparently lost.

Theme notes and profiles

Solomon Temple Worship The Tabernacle

Related verses

Hebrews 9:4
…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 19:5
Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.
Deuteronomy 10:2–5
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.”
2 Chronicles 6:11
And there I have placed the ark, which contains the covenant of the LORD that He made with the children of Israel.”
Exodus 24:7–8
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.”
Exodus 32:15–16
Then Moses turned and went down the mountain with the two tablets of the Testimony in his hands. They were inscribed on both sides, front and back.
Exodus 34:1
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Chisel out two stone tablets like the originals, and I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke.
Deuteronomy 29:1
These are the words of the covenant that the LORD commanded Moses to make with the Israelites in the land of Moab, in addition to the covenant He had made with them at Horeb.
Exodus 40:20
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.
Exodus 32:19
As Moses approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, he burned with anger and threw the tablets out of his hands, shattering them at the base of the mountain.
Hebrews 8:6–13
Now, however, Jesus has received a much more excellent ministry, just as the covenant He mediates is better and is founded on better promises.
Jeremiah 31:31–34
Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.

Parallels

1 Kings 8:1–11

People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes Moses: Prophet who led Israel out of Egypt

Places

Egypt: Ancient nation; Israelites enslaved there; plagues and Exodus Sinai: Mountain where Moses received the Ten Commandments

Glossary

Chronicles, Books of First and Second Genealogy Mount Sinai

Topics

Ark of the Covenant: Tables of Testimony Alone Placed In Ark: in the Tabernacle--Called the Ark of the Covenant: The Law Horeb: A Range of Mountains of Which Mount Sinai is the Most Prominent Temple: Solomon's: The Ark of the Covenant the First Temple: The Ark of God Brought Into with Great Solemnity

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