2 Chronicles 5:9

2 Chronicles 5:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)These poles were so long that their ends, extending from the ark, could be seen from in front of the inner sanctuary, but not from outside the Holy Place; and they are still there today.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the poles were so long that the ends of the poles were seen from the Holy Place before the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen from outside. And they are there to this day.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The poles extended so that the ends of the poles of the ark could be seen from the holy place, in front of the inner sanctuary; but they could not be seen from outside. And they are there to this day.

Context of 2 Chronicles 5:9

7Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the Lord to its place, to the inner sanctuary of the house, into the Holy of Holies, under the wings of the cherubim; 8for the cherubim spread out their wings over the place of the ark, making a covering above the ark and its carrying poles. The poles were so long that the ends of the poles of the ark were visible from the front of the Holy of Holies (inner sanctuary), but were not visible from the outside. They are there to this day. 10There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets [of the Ten Commandments] which Moses put there at Mount Horeb, when the Lord made a covenant with the Israelites, when they came out of Egypt. 11When the priests came out of the Holy Place (for all the priests who were present had sanctified themselves [separating themselves from everything unclean], without regard to their assigned divisions),

2 Chronicles 5:9 word by word

וַֽיַּאֲרִיכוּ֮ הַבַּדִּים֒ וַיֵּרָאוּ֩ רָאשֵׁ֨י הַבַּדִּ֤ים מִן־הָאָרוֹן֙ עַל־פְּנֵ֣י הַדְּבִ֔יר וְלֹ֥א יֵרָא֖וּ הַח֑וּצָה וַֽיְהִי־שָׁ֔ם עַ֖ד הַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And they drew outאָרַךְ'ârak · to prolongH748
• the stavesבַּדbad · alone: poleH905
• that the endsרֹאשׁrô'sh · head: topH7218
• were seenרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• from the arkאֲרוֹן'ârôn 'ârôn · arkH727
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• the oracleדְּבִירdebîyr debir · hindmost chamberH1687
• withoutחוּץchûts chûts · outsideH2351
• And there it is unto this dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 5:9

• 1 Kings 8:8The poles were so long that the ends of the poles were visible from the Holy Place that was in front of the Holy of Holies, but they were not visible from the outside; they are there to this day (the date of this writing).

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 5:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9They drew out the staves - As the ark was no longer to be carried about, these were unnecessary.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9From the ark - Or, according to a different reading here and according to 1 Kings 8:8, some read, “the ends of the staves were seen from the Holy place.” There it is unto this day - This should be corrected as in the margin.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9The Hebrew phrase to this day might mean from then on. The Ark was likely not in the temple after the exile in Babylon, when the Chronicler wrote.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. there it is unto this day--that is, at the time when this history was composed; for after the Babylonish captivity there is no trace of either ark or staves.Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 5:9

• Ark
• Temple

In the dictionaries

• Solomon
• Ark of the Covenant
• Temple
• Worship
• Sinai, Horeb

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings