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.
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Gill's Exposition
There was nothing in the ark, save the two tables of stone which Moses put there at Horeb,.... That is, there were no other writings; or, as Ben Gersom says, no other part of the law, but the…
Barnes' Notes
Comparing this statement with Heb 9:4, it would seem that Solomon, now that the sacred chest had reached its final resting-place, and stood in a large chamber surrounded by tables 2Ch 4:8, removed the…
Adam Clarke
Save the two tables of stone - See my notes on Heb 9:4 (note).
The temple, though richly beautified, yet while it was without the ark was like a body without a soul, or a candlestick without a candle, or (to speak more properly) a house without an inhabitant. All…
Cambridge Bible
There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone We read in Heb 9:4 that in the ark of the covenant -was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded" as well as the tables of…
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