1 Kings 8:9 References

9 aThere was nothing in the ark except the two tablets of stone which Moses put there at Horeb, where bthe Lord made a covenant with the sons of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.

a Exodus 25:16, Exodus 25:21, Deuteronomy 10:2-5, Hebrews 9:4

Exodus 25

16 "You shall aput into the ark the testimony which I shall give you.

Exodus 25

21 "aYou shall put the mercy seat on top of the ark, and bin the ark you shall put the testimony which I will give to you.

Deuteronomy 10

2 'aI will write on the tablets the words that were on the former tablets which you shattered, and byou shall put them in the ark.'

3 "So aI made an ark of acacia wood and bcut out two tablets of stone like the former ones, and went up on the mountain with the two tablets in my hand.

4 "He wrote on the tablets, like the former writing, athe Ten Commandments bwhich the Lord had spoken to you on the mountain from the midst of the fire con the day of the assembly; and the Lord gave them to me.

5 "Then I turned and acame down from the mountain and bput the tablets in the ark which I had made; cand there they are, as the Lord commanded me."

Hebrews 9

4 having a golden aaltar of incense and bthe ark of the covenant covered on all sides with gold, in which was ca golden jar holding the manna, and dAaron's rod which budded, and ethe tables of the covenant;

Other references for 1 Kings 8:9

b Exodus 24:7, Exodus 24:8, Exodus 40:20, Deuteronomy 4:13