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2Ch 5:9 — And they drew out the staves [of the ark], that the ends of the staves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen without. And there it is unto this day.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

they drew		As the ark was no longer to be carried about, the staves were unnecessary.
the ends		1Ki 8:8,9
there it is		or, they are there: as 1Ki 8:8
unto this day		That is, the day when these events were recorded; not the day when these extracts were made, after the captivity, and consequently, long after the destruction of the temple.

Correlating Passages

the ends

	1Ki 8:8	And they drew out the staves, that the ends of the staves were seen out in the holy [place] before the oracle, and they were not seen without: and there they are unto this day.
	1Ki 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.

there it is

1Ki 8:8

And they drew out the staves, that the ends of the staves were seen out in the holy [place] before the oracle, and they were not seen without: and there they are unto this day.

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Scott, Thomas. "2 Chronicles 5:9," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/2Ch/5/9.html>.

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