There I have set a place for the ark, in which is Yahweh’s covenant, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.”
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There I have set a place for the ark, in which is Yahweh’s covenant, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.”
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And I have set there a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of the LORD, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.
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And there have I set a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of the LORD, which He made with our fathers, when He brought them out of the land of Egypt.'
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Passages linked to 1 Kings 8:21 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Deuteronomy 31:26 “Take this book of the law, and put it by the side of the ark of Yahweh your God’s covenant, that it may be there for a witness against you.
- 1 Kings 8:9 There was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets which Moses put there at Horeb, when Yahweh made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.
- 1 Kings 8:5-6 King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, who were assembled to him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and cattle, that could not be counted or numbered for multitude. The priests brought in the ark of Yahweh’s covenant to its place, into the inner sanctuary of the house, to the most holy place, even under the cherubim’s wings.
- Exodus 34:28 He was there with Yahweh forty days and forty nights; he neither ate bread, nor drank water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
- Deuteronomy 9:9 When I had gone up onto the mountain to receive the stone tablets, even the tablets of the covenant which Yahweh made with you, then I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights. I neither ate bread nor drank water.
- Deuteronomy 9:11 It came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights that Yahweh gave me the two stone tablets, even the tablets of the covenant.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain The two Tables wherein the articles of the covenant…
The two Tables wherein the articles of the covenant were written.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Ki 8:21 And I have set there a place…
1Ki 8:21 And I have set there a place for the ark, wherein [is] the covenant of the LORD, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.
Ver. 21. A place for the ark.] Even the best and innermost part of the temple, because it was the chiefest evidence of God’s presence, and is called God’s face, {Psa 105:4} yea, even God himself. {Psa 132:5}
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain The covenant of the Lord, i.e. the tables of…
The covenant of the Lord, i.e. the tables of the covenant, by a metonymy, wherein the conditions of God’s covenant with Israel are written.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And I have set there a place for the…
And I have set there a place for the ark,.... The most holy place:
wherein is the covenant of the Lord; the two tables of stone, on which were the covenant of the Lord, as the Targum:
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which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt; as in Kg1 8:9.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain The covenant - The tables of the covenant, wherein…
The covenant - The tables of the covenant, wherein the conditions of God's covenant with Israel are written.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 21. Wherein is the covenant of the Lord]…
Verse 21. Wherein is the covenant of the Lord] As it is said, 1Kg 8:9, that there was nothing in the ark but the two tables of stone, consequently these are called the Covenant, i.e., a sign of the covenant; as our Lord calls the cup the new covenant in his blood, that is, the sign of the new covenant: for This is my body implies, This is the sign or emblem of my body.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 1Ki 8:21. I have set there a place for…
1Ki 8:21. I have set there a place for the ark — The token of God’s presence with us; wherein is the covenant of the Lord — That is, the tables of the covenant, in which are written the conditions of God’s covenant with our fathers. When he brought them out of the land of Egypt — And declared to them that by the tenure of this covenant they were to hold the land of Canaan.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 21. the ark, wherein is the covenant of the…
21. the ark, wherein is the covenant of the Lord] It has just been said (1Ki_8:9) that only the two tables of stone were in the ark. They must then be meant by ‘the covenant of the Lord,’ and this is borne out by such passages as Deu_4:23; Deu_29:25, where the covenant alluded to forms a part of the ten commandments. But ‘the book of the covenant’ (Exo_24:7) appears to have included all the laws contained in Exodus 20-23.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (21) Wherein is the covenant of the Lord—the Tables,…
(21) Wherein is the covenant of the Lord—the Tables, that is, containing the “words of the covenant” (Exo_34:28). This remarkable application of the word “covenant” illustrates strikingly the characteristics of the Divine covenants with man. Such covenants are not (like most human covenants) undertakings of reciprocal engagements between parties regarded as independent. For such a conception of the relation between God and man is monstrous. God’s covenants proceed simply from His will, expressed in His call to an individual or a nation. They begin in free grace and blessing from Him; they require simply that men should believe and accept His call, and act in obedience to that belief. Thus the Decalogue opens with the words, “I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage,” describing the gift of salvation from the mercy of God, which constituted Israel afresh as His peculiar people. (See Exo_3:7-15.) On the ground of this salvation, rather than of His Omnipotence as Creator and Sustainer of the world, He calls for their obedience to the commandments, which are thus “the words of the covenant.” Similarly St. Paul, when (Rom_12:1) he calls Christians to absolute self-devotion, appeals to them by “the mercies of God,” on which he had so fully dwelt—the larger and more spiritual covenant in Christ.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And I have set there a place for the…
And I have set there a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of the Lord. Hence its name, "the ark of the covenant" (Exo_34:28; cf. Deu_9:11) which he made with our forefathers when he brought them out of the land of Egypt (vers. 9, 16) .
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