Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone—Nothing else was ever in the ark, the articles mentioned (Hebrews 9:4) being not in, but by it, being laid in the most holy place before the testimony (Exodus 16:33; Numbers 17:10).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing 1 Kings 8:9:
Deuteronomy 31:26
1 Kings 8:2-6
2 Chronicles 5:2-3
2 Chronicles 7:8
Hebrews 9:4
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