KJV King James Version
And in it have I put the ark, wherein [is] the covenant of the LORD, that he made with the children of Israel.
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2 Chronicles 6:11
And in it have I put the ark, wherein [is] the covenant of the LORD, that he made with the children of Israel.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And there I have placed the ark, which contains the covenant of the LORD that He made with the children of Israel.”
WEB World English Bible
There I have set the ark, in which is the covenant of Yahweh, which he made with the children of Israel.”
ASV American Standard Version
And there have I set the ark, wherein is the covenant of Jehovah, which he made with the children of Israel.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and I place there the ark, where is the covenant of Jehovah that He made with the sons of Israel.’
Surrounding context — 2 Chronicles 6
8 But the LORD said to David my father, Forasmuch as it was in thine heart to build an house for my name, thou didst well in that it was in thine heart:
9 Notwithstanding thou shalt not build the house; but thy son which shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name.
10 The LORD therefore hath performed his word that he hath spoken: for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and am set on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built the house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
11 And in it have I put the ark, wherein [is] the covenant of the LORD, that he made with the children of Israel.
12 And he stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands:
13 For Solomon had made a brasen scaffold, of five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven,
14 And said, O LORD God of Israel, [there is] no God like thee in the heaven, nor in the earth; which keepest covenant, and [shewest] mercy unto thy servants, that walk before thee with all their hearts:
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וָאָשִׂ֥יםH7760 · sumto set: makeשָׁם֙H8033 · shamthereאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הָ֣אָר֔וֹןH727 · a.ronarkאֲשֶׁר־H834 · a.sherwhichשָׁ֖םH8033 · shamthereבְּרִ֣יתH1285 · be.ritcovenantיְהוָ֑הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאֲשֶׁ֥רH834 · a.sherwhichכָּרַ֖תH3772 · ka.ratto cut: cutעִם־H5973 · imwithבְּנֵ֥יH1121 · benson: childיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃H3478 · yis.ra.elIsrael
Cross-references
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 5:7And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, to the oracle of the house, into the most holy [place, even] under the wings of the cherubims:Hebrews 9:4Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein [was] the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron’s rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;1 Kings 8:21And 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.Exodus 40:20And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark: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.
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