2 Chronicles 6:11
in 2 Chronicles 6And there I have provided a place for the ark, which contains the covenant of the LORD that He made with the children of Israel.”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And there have I set the ark, wherein is the covenant of Jehovah, which he made with the children of Israel.
KJV
And in it have I put the ark, wherein is the covenant of the Lord, that he made with the children of Israel.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 6
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Now the LORD has fulfilled the word that He spoke
on 2 Chronicles 6:10-11
Solomon states the fulfillment plainly and reports a place made for the ark, “which contains the covenant of the LORD”. The covenant in the ark is the two tablets alone, the point the Kings exposition draws from 1 Kings 8:9. Chronicles carries the same claim without adding to it.
This site's exposition
provided a place for the ark
The covenant of the LORD in the ark is the two tablets of 5:10. Clarke's Chaldee names them the second tablets, given after the first were broken over the calf made at Horeb. They carried the Ten Words.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
He makes a solemn prayer to God that he would please graciously to accept and answer all the prayers that should be made in, or towards, that house,
The words behind it
13 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וָאָשִׂ֥ים | vaasim | and I have put | H7760 → | 584 times |
| שָׁם֙ | sham | there | H8033 → | 834 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הָ֣אָר֔וֹן | haaron | the ark | H727 → | 202 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | where | H834 → | 5497 times |
| שָׁ֖ם | sham | [is] there | H8033 → | 834 times |
| בְּרִ֣ית | berit | [the] covenant of | H1285 → | 284 times |
| יְהוָ֑ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| כָּרַ֖ת | karat | he made | H3772 → | 288 times |
| עִם־ | ʾim- | with | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| בְּנֵ֥י | benei | [the] people of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
וָאָשִׂ֥יםand I have put
vaasimH7760 →584 times
שָׁם֙there
shamH8033 →834 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הָ֣אָר֔וֹןthe ark
haaronH727 →202 times
אֲשֶׁר־where
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
שָׁ֖ם[is] there
shamH8033 →834 times
בְּרִ֣ית[the] covenant of
beritH1285 →284 times
יְהוָ֑הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
כָּרַ֖תhe made
karatH3772 →288 times
עִם־with
ʾim-H5973 →1050 times
בְּנֵ֥י[the] people of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Israel
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Kings 8:9There 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…
it leads to
- 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.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Exodus 25:21
Set the mercy seat atop the ark, and put the Testimony that I will give you into the ark.
- 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.”
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 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.
- Hebrews 9:4
Through
1 Kings 8:21And there I have provided a place for the ark, which contains the covenant of the LORD that He made with our fathers when He brought them out of the land of Egypt.”
it leads to
- 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…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 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.
- 1 Kings 8:9
Through
2 Chronicles 5:7Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, beneath the wings of the cherubim.
it leads to
- Psalms 132:8
Arise, O LORD, to Your resting place, You and the ark of Your strength.
- Exodus 37:6–9
He constructed a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.
- Psalms 132:8
About 2 Chronicles

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
