2 Chronicles 5:9
7 Then 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.
8 For the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark and overshadowed the ark and its poles.
The poles of the ark extended far enough that their ends were visible from in front of the inner sanctuary, but not from outside the Holy Place; and they are there to this day.
10 There 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.
11 Now all the priests who were present had consecrated themselves regardless of their divisions. And when the priests came out of the Holy Place,
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- BSB
- The poles of the ark extended far enough that their ends were visible from in front of the inner sanctuary, but not from outside the Holy Place; and they are there to this day.
- KJV
- And they drew out the staves of the ark, that the ends of the staves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen without. And there it is unto this day.
- WEB
- The poles were so long that the ends of the poles were seen from the ark in front of the inner sanctuary, but they were not seen outside; and it is there to this day.
- ASV
- And the staves were so long that the ends of the staves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen without: and there it is unto this day.
- DARBY
- And the staves were long, so that the ends of the staves were seen outside the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen without. And there they are to this day.
- BLB
- And the poles extended, and the ends of the poles of the ark were seen from in front of the inner sanctuary; they could not be seen from outside. And they are there to this day.
- ÅB
- Stengene var så lange at deres ender, som sto fram fra arken, kunne sees foran koret, men ikke utenfor. Og der har den vært til denne dag.
- OTB
- Men stengene var så lange at endene av arkens stenger kunne sees foran den innerste helligdommen, men de kunne ikke sees utenfor; og de er der den dag i dag.
- B1930
- Stengene var så lange at deres ender, som stod frem fra arken, kunde sees foran koret, men ikke utenfor. Og der har den vært til denne dag.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Kings 8:8–9
The poles extended far enough that their ends were visible from the Holy Place in front of the inner sanctuary, but not from outside the Holy Place; and they are there to this day.
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