2 Chronicles 5:10 - Exposition

Nothing in the ark save the two tables (see Deuteronomy 10:5 ; and Exodus 40:20 ; then Exodus 24:12 ; Exodus 25:16 ; Exodus 31:18 ; Exodus 32:19 ; Exodus 34:1 , Exodus 34:4 , Exodus 34:29 ; Exodus 40:20 ). The stones were therefore now, in Solomon's time, nearly four hundred and ninety years old. Why the "golden pot" and "Aaron's rod" ( Hebrews 9:4 ) were not there does not appear. The language of the Epistle is partially confirmed, at any rate in harmony with Exodus 16:34 ; Numbers 17:10 . Possibly they may have now been removed by Solomon, but it seems very unlikely that, if so, no mention of the removal is made. On the other hand, the "book of the Law" had not been consigned to the ark, but to a place "by the side of" it ( Deuteronomy 31:25-27 ).