Contradiction claim
What was in the Ark of the Covenant?
1 Kings 8:9 states that there was nothing in the ark except the two tables of stone. Hebrews 9:4 describes the ark of the covenant as containing the golden pot of manna, Aaron’s rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant.
Narrative divergenceReviewedSeverity: moderateClassification confidence: moderateTranslation dependent
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How to read this record
This record states that a conflict has been claimed. The classification is CodexTrace’s editorial assessment of what kind of question this is, not a verdict on whether the passages can be read together. Primary text comes first; interpretation and analysis follow it. Methodology
Passages side by side
TextThe primary text, as seeded. Nothing here is summarised or paraphrased.
There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.
Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron’s rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;
Why they appear to conflict
AnalysisEach side states a proposition attributable to its passages. A claim is not assumed to have exactly two sides.
1 Kings
The ark contained nothing but the two tables of stone.