1Ki 8:9 | JFB | STEP | 9. There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone-- Nothing else was ever in the ark, the articles mentioned ( ) being not in, but by it, being laid in the most holy place before the testimony ( ; ).

‏ 1 Kings 8:9

9. There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone--Nothing else was ever in the ark, the articles mentioned (He 9:4) being not in, but by it, being laid in the most holy place before the testimony (Ex 16:33; Nu 17:10).