1 Kings 8:9

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Nothing

Exodus 25:21

Deuteronomy 10:2

2 Chronicles 5:10

In the ark

Exodus 16:33

Numbers 17:10

Hebrews 9:4

Put there at horeb

When

General references

Exodus 16:34

Exodus 25:16

Bible References

Nothing

You shall put the mercy seat on the top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the Testimony which I will give you.

I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets which you shattered, and you shall put them in the ark.’

There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets [of the Ten Commandments] which Moses put there at Mount Horeb, when the Lord made a covenant with the Israelites, when they came out of Egypt.

In the ark

So Moses said to Aaron, “Take a pot and put an omer of manna in it, and place it before the Lord to be kept throughout your generations.”

But the Lord said to Moses, “Put Aaron’s rod back before the Testimony [in the ark], to be kept as a [warning] sign for the rebellious and contentious, so that you may put an end to their murmurings [of discontent] against Me, so that they do not die.”

having the golden altar of incense and the ark of the covenant covered entirely with gold. This contained a golden jar which held the manna, and the rod of Aaron that sprouted, and the [two stone] tablets of the covenant [inscribed with the Ten Commandments];

Put there at horeb

You shall put the mercy seat on the top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the Testimony which I will give you.

He took the Testimony [the stones inscribed with the Ten Commandments] and put it into the ark [of the covenant], and placed the poles [through the rings] on the ark, and put the mercy seat on top of the ark.

I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets which you shattered, and you shall put them in the ark.’

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

When

There I have made a place [in the Holy of Holies] for the ark, in which is the covenant (solemn agreement) of the Lord, which He made with our fathers when He brought them out of the land of Egypt.”

So Moses took the blood [which had been placed in the large basins] and sprinkled it on the people, and said, “Behold the blood of the covenant, which the Lord has made with you in accordance with all these words.”

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Write these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.”

So He declared to you His covenant which He commanded you to follow, the Ten Commandments; and He wrote them on two tablets of stone.

General references

As the Lord commanded Moses, so Aaron [eventually] placed it in the presence of the Testimony, to be kept.

You shall put into the ark the Testimony (Ten Commandments) which I will give you.