John Gill's Exposition on 1 Kings 8:9

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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There was nothing in the ark, save the two tables of stone which Moses put there at Horeb, etc.] 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 (<580904>Hebrews 9:4) though the particle there may be rendered “at”, or “with”, or “by”, (see Gill on “<580904>Hebrews 9:4”) and so they might be not within it, but in some place on the sides of it, (see <053126>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.

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