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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.

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ASV

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.

KJV

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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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
אֵ֚ין'einthere notH369 →
בָּֽאָר֔וֹןba.'a.Ron[was] in the arkH727 →
רַ֗קRakonlyH7535 →
שְׁנֵי֙she.Nei[the] twoH8147 →
לֻח֣וֹתlu.Chot[the] tablets ofH3871 →
הָאֲבָנִ֔יםha.'a.va.Nim<the> stone<s>H68 →
אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
הִנִּ֥חַhi.Ni.achhe placedH5117 →
שָׁ֛םshamthereH8033 →
מֹשֶׁ֖הmo.ShehMosesH4872 →
בְּחֹרֵ֑בbe.cho.Revat HorebH2722 →
אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherwhereH834 →
כָּרַ֤תka.Rathe madeH3772 →
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068 →
עִם־'im-withH5973 →
בְּנֵ֣יbe.Nei[the] people ofH1121 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
בְּצֵאתָ֖םbe.tze.Tamwhen came out theyH3318 →
מֵאֶ֥רֶץme.'E.retzfrom [the] land ofH776 →
מִצְרָֽיִם׃mitz.Ra.yimEgyptH4714 →

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Exodus 25:21Set the mercy seat atop the ark, and put the Testimony that I will give you into the ark.Hebrews 9:4containing 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 40:20Moses 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 25:16And place inside the ark the Testimony, which I will give you.Deuteronomy 10:2–5And 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.”Exodus 34:27–28The 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.”Deuteronomy 4:13He declared to you His covenant, which He commanded you to follow—the Ten Commandments that He wrote on two tablets of stone.2 Chronicles 7:1–3When 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.2 Chronicles 5:10There 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 10:2And 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.”Exodus 16:10And 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.Revelation 15:8And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from His power; and no one could enter the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed.Exodus 14:24At 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.Deuteronomy 31:26“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.Exodus 16:33So 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.”Exodus 24:16–18and 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.2 Chronicles 5:13–14The trumpeters and singers joined together to praise and thank the LORD with one voice. They lifted up their voices, accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and musical instruments, in praise to the LORD: “For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.” And the temple, the house of the LORD, was filled with a cloudEzekiel 10:4Then the glory of the LORD rose from above the cherubim and stood over the threshold of the temple. The temple was filled with the cloud, and the court was filled with the brightness of the glory of the LORD.

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