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The only things inside the Holy Box are the two tablets that Moses put there at Mt. Horeb. This is where the Lord made his agreement with the Israelites after they came out of Egypt.

10 When the priests came out of the Holy Place, the cloud[a] filled the Lord’s Temple. 11 The priests could not continue their work because the Temple was filled with the Glory of the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 8:10 cloud The special sign that showed God was with his people.

There was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets(A) that Moses had placed in it at Horeb, where the Lord made a covenant with the Israelites after they came out of Egypt.

10 When the priests withdrew from the Holy Place, the cloud(B) filled the temple of the Lord. 11 And the priests could not perform their service(C) because of the cloud, for the glory(D) of the Lord filled his temple.

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