The temple is completed and the ark of the covenant has been carried in. Learn why this is the permanent resting place for the ark and why it shouldn’t be moved again. This final placement was significant in Solomon’s day and it’s also significant fo...
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2 Chronicles 6:11 In-Context
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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.
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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.
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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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And he stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands:
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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,