2 Chronicles 5:9

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 unto this day.

Cross-reference

1 Kings 8:8 Parallel

1 Kings 8:8 is the parallel account: the poles were long and visible from the Holy Place—same detail.

Exodus 25:15 commands that the poles remain in the ark's rings; here they are still in place fulfilling that.

Numbers 4:20 forbids looking at the holy things; the long poles allowed carrying without seeing the ark directly.