1 Kings 8 · Verse 21

1 Kings 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.
1 Kings 8:21, King James Version

1 Kings 8:21 in other translations

BSBAnd 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.”
WEBThere I have set a place for the ark, in which is the LORD’s covenant, which he made with our fathers when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.”
ASVAnd there have I set a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of Jehovah, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.
YLTand set there a place for the ark, where is the covenant of Jehovah which He made with our fathers in His bringing them out from the land of Egypt.'
DARBYAnd I have set there a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of Jehovah, which he made with our fathers when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.
BBEIn it I have made a place for the ark, in which is the agreement which the Lord made with our fathers, when he took them out of the land of Egypt.
WebsterAnd I have set there a place for the ark, in which is the covenant of the LORD, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them from the land of Egypt.

What does 1 Kings 8:21 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 21 Wherein is the covenant of the Lord - As it is said, 1Kgs 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 8:12-21

Solomon encouraged the priests, who were much astonished at the dark cloud. The dark dispensations of Providence should quicken us in fleeing for refuge to the hope of the gospel. Nothing can more reconcile us to them, than to consider what God has said, and to compare his word and works together. Whatever good we do, we must look on it as the performance of God's promise to us, not of our promises to him.

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1 Kings 8:21 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וָאָשִׂ֨םva.'a.Simand I have set upH7760
שָׁ֤םshamthereH8033
מָקוֹם֙ma.kOma placeH4725
לָֽאָר֔וֹןla.'a.Ronfor the arkH727
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-whereH834
שָׁ֖םsham[is] thereH8033
בְּרִ֣יתbe.Rit[the] covenant ofH1285
יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֲשֶׁ֤ר'a.SherwhichH834
כָּרַת֙ka.Rathe madeH3772
עִם\־'im-withH5973
אֲבֹתֵ֔ינוּ'a.vo.Tei.nuancestors ourH1
בְּהוֹצִיא֥וֹbe.ho.tzi.'Owhen brought out heH3318
אֹתָ֖ם'o.Tam<obj.> themH853
מֵאֶ֥רֶץme.'E.retzfrom [the] land ofH776
מִצְרָֽיִם\׃\ \סmitz.Ra.yimEgyptH4714

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Kings 8:21

  • 1 Kings 8:9

    There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the Lord made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.

  • Deuteronomy 31:26

    Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee.

  • 1 Kings 8:5-6

    And king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled unto him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be told nor numbered for multitude. And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord unto his place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims.

  • Deuteronomy 9:9

    When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant which the Lord made with you, then I abode in the mount forty days and forty nights, I neither did eat bread nor drink water:

  • Deuteronomy 9:11

    And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that the Lord gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant.

  • Exodus 34:28

    And he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And I have.
5,6
the covenant.
9; Ex 34:28; De 9:9,11; 31:26

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Context

  • 1 Kings 8:20

    And the Lord hath performed his word that he spake, and I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised, and have built an house for the name of the Lord God of Israel.

  • 1 Kings 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.

  • 1 Kings 8:22

    And Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven:

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1 Kings 8:21 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y he puesto en ella lugar para el arca, en la cual está el pacto de Jehová, que él hizo con nuestros padres cuando los sacó de la tierra de Egipto.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et là j’ai établi un lieu pour l’arche, où est l’alliance de l’ Éternel, qu’il fit avec nos pères quand il les fit sortir du pays d’Égypte.
German
Elberfelder 1871		und ich habe daselbst einen Ort hergerichtet für die Lade, in welcher der Bund Jehovas ist, den er mit unseren Vätern gemacht hat, als er sie aus dem Lande Ägypten herausführte.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et constitui ibi locum arcæ in qua fœdus Domini est, quod percussit cum patribus nostris quando egressi sunt de terra Ægypti.