1 Kings 8:9 Douay-Rheims

Now in the ark there was nothing else but 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.

Ishodad of Merv

d. A.D. 850 Medieval

The words "there was nothing in the ark except the two tablets of stone" does not mean that the author did not know that there were also the jar [containing the manna], the staff [of Aaron], and so forth. He simply wants to signify all the rest by mentioning the most important part, because he writes for the Jews who already knew the other objects.

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A.D. 850 · on 1Kgs 8:9 (BOOKS OF SESSIONS 1 KINGS 8:9)

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