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The Ark of the Covenant, [a] also known as the Ark of the Testimony [b] or the Ark of God, [c] [1] [2] is a purported religious storage and relic held to be the most sacred object by the Israelites. Religious tradition describes it as a wooden storage chest decorated in solid gold accompanied by an ornamental lid known as the Seat of Mercy .
Dec. 9—The Ark of the Covenant or Ark of Testimony was the holiest object in the possession of the ancient Israelites, who had it for 1,000 years till it mysteriously disappeared.
The Church of Saint Mary of Zion claims to contain the original Ark of the Covenant. Accordingly, the Ark was moved to the Chapel of the Tablet adjacent to the old church because a divine 'heat' from the Tablets had cracked the stones of its previous inner sanctum. The Ethiopian Empress Menen funded the construction of the new present chapel.
Articles relating to the Ark of the Covenant and its contents. It is the most sacred relic of the Israelites . It consisted of a pure gold-covered wooden chest , with an elaborate lid called the Mercy seat .
The Philistines realized that the Ark of the Covenant had to be returned to Israel to stop the plagues (verse 2, cf. 1 Samuel 5:11), so they consulted their priests and diviners to avoid further humiliation (verses 1–9). Two issues were raised in verse 3: What was the appropriate offering to accompany the ark?
Noah’s Ark is said to have come to rest on the mountains of Ararat following a 150-day flood about 5,000 years ago.
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Replica of the ark of the covenant, with the "mercy seat" (kaporet) acting as lid.According to the Hebrew Bible, the kaporet (Hebrew: כַּפֹּרֶת kapōreṯ) or mercy seat was the gold lid placed on the Ark of the Covenant, with two cherubim at the ends to cover and create the space in which Yahweh appeared and dwelled.