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The Covenant's Core
The verse explicitly states that only the two stone tablets were in the Ark. Commentators explain this underscores the absolute centrality of God's law and His covenant relationship with Israel. The tablets themselves were the tangible evidence of the covenant made at Horeb (Sinai).
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2 Chronicles
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Charles Ellicott
On 2 Chronicles 5:10
19th Century
Bishop
Put therein. —Heb., which Moses put — in Horeb. Kings is fuller and clearer: which Moses placed there in Hor…
John Gill
On 2 Chronicles 5:10
17th Century
Pastor
(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 5:1).
Matthew Henry
On 2 Chronicles 5:1–10
17th Century
Minister
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 o…