1 Kings 8:9

9 There wasn't anything in the ark except the two stone tablets. Moses had placed them in it at Mount Horeb. That's where the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelites. He made it after they came out of Egypt.

1 Kings 8:9 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 8:9

There was nothing in the ark, save the two tables of stone
which Moses put there at Horeb
That is, there were no other writings; or, as Ben Gersom says, no other part of the law, but the decalogue otherwise he observes there were in it Aaron's rod and the pot of manna, according to ( Hebrews 9:4 ) though the particle there may be rendered "at", or "with", or "by", (See Gill on Hebrews 9:4) and so they might be not within it, but in some place on the sides of it, see ( Deuteronomy 31:26 ) ,

when the Lord made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they
came out of the land of Egypt;
about two months after.

1 Kings 8:9 In-Context

7 The cherubim's wings were spread out over the place where the ark was. They covered the ark. They also covered the poles that were used to carry it.

8 The poles were so long that their ends could be seen from the Holy Room in front of the Most Holy Room. But they couldn't be seen from outside the Holy Room. They are still there to this very day.

9 There wasn't anything in the ark except the two stone tablets. Moses had placed them in it at Mount Horeb. That's where the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelites. He made it after they came out of Egypt.

10 The priests left the Holy Room. Then the cloud filled the temple of the Lord.

11 The priests couldn't do their work because of it. That's because the glory of the LORD filled his temple.