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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 .
B'. Interruption: Michal despised David (6:16) A'. The reception of the ark: David blessed the people and the people went home (6:17–19) Epilogue. Confrontation between Michal and David (6:20–23) The center of the narrative was the entrance of the Ark of the Covenant into the City of David with proper religious solemnity. The conclusion (A ...
He orders David be brought to him, but Saul's son Jonathan helps David escape. David seeks refuge with the High Priest Ahimelech, who teaches him the word of God and shows him the Ark of the Covenant, which David is shocked to learn is hidden in a cave. Saul and his army catch up and Ahimelech helps David escape, but is killed by Saul for ...
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.
A promise is made by David to extend his covenant with Jonathan to include Jonatan's 'house' (verse 15) and his 'descendants' (verse 42), anticipating David's kindness to Jonathan's son, Mephibosheth (2 Samuel 9) and the survival of the house of Saul.
1 Chronicles 15 is the fifteenth chapter of the Books of Chronicles in the Hebrew Bible or the First Book of Chronicles in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. [1] [2] The book is compiled from older sources by an unknown person or group, designated by modern scholars as "the Chronicler", and had the final shape established in late fifth or fourth century BCE. [3]
Fresco of the Philistine captivity of the Ark, in the Dura-Europos synagogue.. The Philistine captivity of the Ark was an episode described in the biblical history of the Israelites, in which the Ark of the Covenant was in the possession of the Philistines, who had captured it after defeating the Israelites in a battle at a location between Eben-ezer, where the Israelites encamped, and Aphek ...
The tabernacle had been built under Moses' direction from God to house the Ark of the Covenant, also made according to Moses' instructions from God . Talmudic sources state that the tent sanctuary remained at Shiloh for 369 years [ 12 ] until the Ark of the Covenant was taken into the battle camp at Eben-Ezer ( 1 Samuel 4:3–5 ) and captured ...