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2 Chronicles 6:11

Israel
Covenant and promises

9 Nevertheless, you are not the one to build it; but your son, your own offspring, will build the house for My Name.’

10 Now the LORD has fulfilled the word that He spoke. I have succeeded my father David, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised. I have built the house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

And there I have provided a place for the ark, which contains the covenant of the LORD that He made with the children of Israel.”

12 Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the whole assembly of Israel and spread out his hands.

13 Now Solomon had made a bronze platform five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high, and had placed it in the middle of the courtyard. He stood on it, knelt down before the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven,

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BSB
And there I have provided a place for the ark, which contains the covenant of the LORD that 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.
WEB
There I have set the ark, in which is the LORD’s covenant, which he made with the children of Israel.”
ASV
And there have I set the ark, wherein is the covenant of Jehovah, which he made with the children of Israel.
DARBY
And in it have I put the ark, wherein is the covenant of Jehovah, which he made with the children of Israel.
BLB
And I have put there the ark, in which there [is] the covenant of YHWH, which He cut with the sons of Israel.”
ÅB
Og der har jeg satt arken, hvori Herrens pakt er, den pakt som han gjorde med Israels barn.
OTB
Og der har jeg plassert arken, i hvilken Herrens pakt er, som Han gjorde med Israels sønner."
B1930
Og der har jeg satt arken, hvori Herrens pakt er, den pakt som han gjorde med Israels barn.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 2 Chronicles 5:10

    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.

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  • 2 Chronicles 5:7

    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.

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  • 1 Kings 8:21

    And 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.”

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  • 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.

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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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  • 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.

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