2 Chronicles 5:9
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.
2 Chronicles 5:9 in other translations
| 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. |
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| 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. |
| YLT | and they lengthen the staves, and the heads of the staves are seen out of the ark on the front of the oracle, and they are not seen without; and it is there 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. |
| BBE | The rods were so long that their ends were seen from the holy place before the inmost room; but they were not seen from outside; and there they are to this day. |
| Webster | And they drew out the staffs of the ark, that the ends of the staffs were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen without. And there it is to this day. |
What does 2 Chronicles 5:9 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Chronicles 5:1-10
The ark was a type of Christ, and, as such, a token of the presence of God. That gracious promise, Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world, does, in effect, bring the ark into our religious assemblies, if we by faith and prayer plead that promise; and this we should be most earnest for. When Christ is formed in a soul, the law written in the heart, the ark of the covenant settled there, so that it…
2 Chronicles 5:9 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 2 Chronicles 5:9
- 1 Kings 8:8-9
And they drew out the staves, that the ends of the staves were seen out in the holy place before the oracle, and they were not seen without: and there they are unto this day. 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.
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the ends.
1Ki 8:8,9
there it is, or, they are there: as 1 Ki 8:8.
1Ki 8:8
unto this day.That is, the day when these events were recorded; not the day when these extracts were made, after the captivity, and consequently, long after the destruction of the temple.
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Context
- 2 Chronicles 5:8
For the cherubims spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.
- 2 Chronicles 5:9
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.
- 2 Chronicles 5:10
There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses put therein at Horeb, when the Lord made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt.
2 Chronicles 5:9 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | E hicieron salir fuera las barras, de modo que se viesen las cabezas de las barras del arca delante del oratorio, mas no se veían desde fuera: y allí estuvieron hasta hoy. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et les barres étaient longues, de sorte que les bouts des barres se voyaient hors de l’arche sur le devant de l’oracle, mais ils ne se voyaient pas du dehors; et elles sont là jusqu’à ce jour. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und die Stangen waren so lang, daß die Spitzen der Stangen von der Lade her an der Vorderseite des Sprachortes gesehen wurden; aber auswärts wurden sie nicht gesehen. Und sie sind daselbst bis auf diesen Tag. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Vectium autem quibus portabatur arca, quia paululum longiores erant, capita parebant ante oraculum: si vero quis paululum fuisset extrinsecus, eos videre non poterat. Fuit itaque arca ibi usque in præsentem diem. |