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

7The priests brought the ark of the covenant of the Lord to its assigned place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, in the most holy place under the wings of the cherubs. 8The cherubs’ wings extended over the place where the ark sat; the cherubs overshadowed the ark and its poles. The poles were so long their ends extending out from the ark were visible from in front of the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen from beyond that point. They have remained there to this very day. 10There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets Moses had placed there in Horeb. (It was there that the Lord made an agreement with the Israelites after he brought them out of the land of Egypt.) 11The priests left the holy place. All the priests who participated had consecrated themselves, no matter which division they represented.

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 their ends were visible from the holy place in front of the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen from beyond that point. They have remained there to this very day.

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