2-chronicles 5:9
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
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 to this day.
American King James Version (AKJV)
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 to this day.
American Standard Version (ASV)
And the staves were so long 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.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
The rods were so long that their ends were seen from the holy place before the inmost room; but they were not seen from outside; and there they are to this day.
Webster's Revision
And they drew out the staffs of the ark, that the ends of the staffs were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen without. And there it is to this day.
World English Bible
The poles were so long that the ends of the poles were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen outside: and there it is to this day.
English Revised Version (ERV)
And the staves were so long 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.
Definitions for 2-chronicles 5:9
Clarke's 2-chronicles 5:9 Bible Commentary
They drew out the staves - As the ark was no longer to be carried about, these were unnecessary.
Barnes's 2-chronicles 5:9 Bible Commentary
From the ark - Or, according to a different reading here and according to 1 Kings 8:8, some read, "the ends of the staves were seen from the Holy place."
There it is unto this day - This should be corrected as in the margin.
Wesley's 2-chronicles 5:9 Bible Commentary
5:9 To this day - When this history was first written; not when it was reviewed by Ezra: for after the return from Babylon, neither staves nor ark were any more seen.
