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 are to put the Mercy Seat on top of the ark, and put the Testimony that I'll give you into the ark.

I'll write on the tablets what was on the first tablets that you broke. Then place them in the wooden chest.'

There was nothing in the ark except for the two tablets that Moses had placed there while Israel was encamped at Horeb, where the LORD made a covenant with the Israelis after he had brought them out of the land of Egypt.

In the ark

Then Moses told Aaron, "Take a jar, fill it with about one omer of manna, and place it in the LORD's presence, to be preserved throughout future generations."

Then the Lord instructed Moses, "Return Aaron's rod before the testimony to be kept for a reminder against the rebels so that you may put an end to their complaints against me and so that they won't die."

which had the gold altar for incense and the Ark of the Covenant completely covered with gold. In it were the gold jar holding the manna, Aaron's staff that had budded, and the Tablets of the Covenant.

Put there at horeb

You are to put the Mercy Seat on top of the ark, and put the Testimony that I'll give you into the ark.

Then he took the Testimony, put it into the ark, and placed the poles on the ark. He then put the Mercy Seat on top of the ark.

I'll write on the tablets what was on the first tablets that you broke. Then place them in the wooden chest.'

"Take the book of this Law and set it beside the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD your God. Let it remain there with you as witness against you,

When

I have placed there the ark in which the covenant is stored that the LORD made with our ancestors when he brought them out of the land of Egypt."

Moses took the blood, sprinkled it on the people, and said, "This is the blood of the covenant that the LORD made with you based on all these words."

Then the LORD told Moses, "Write down these words, because I'm making a covenant with you and with Israel according to these words."

He declared to you his covenant, which he commanded you to observe the Ten Commandments that he wrote on two stone tablets.

General references

So Aaron placed it before the Testimony to be kept, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

You are to put the Testimony that I will give you into the ark.