2 Chronicles 5:9

9 The poles were so long that 1the ends of the poles of the ark could be seen in front of the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen outside; and they are there to this day.

2 Chronicles 5:9 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 5:9

(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 5:1).

2 Chronicles 5:9 In-Context

7 Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place, into the inner sanctuary of the house, to the holy of holies, under the wings of the cherubim.
8 For the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark, so that the cherubim made a covering over the ark and its poles.
9 The poles were so long that the ends of the poles of the ark could be seen in front of the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen outside; and they are there to this day.
10 There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets which Moses put there at Horeb, where the LORD made a covenant with the sons of Israel, when they came out of Egypt.
11 When the priests came forth from the holy place (for all the priests who were present had sanctified themselves, without regard to divisions ),

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