Ark of the Covenant

Dimensions, &c of — Ex 25:10; 37:1.

Entirely covered with gold — Ex 25:11; 37:2.

Surrounded with a crown of gold — Ex 25:11.

Furnished with rings and staves — Ex 25:12-15; 37:3-5.

Tables of testimony alone placed in — Ex 25:16,21; 1Ki 8:9,21; 2Ch 5:10; Heb 9:4.

Mercy-seat laid upon — Ex 25:21; 26:34.

Placed in the Holy of Holies — Ex 26:33; 40:21; Heb 9:3,4.

The pot of manna and Aaron’s rod laid up before — Heb 9:4; Ex 16:33,34; Nu 17:10.

A copy of the law laid in the side of — De 31:26.

Anointed with sacred oil — Ex 30:26.

Covered with the vail by the priests before removal — Nu 4:5,6.

Was called the

Ark of God. — 1Sa 3:3.

Ark of God’s strength. — 2Ch 6:41; Ps 132:8.

Ark of the covenant of the Lord. — Nu 10:33.

Ark of the testimony. — Ex 30:6; Nu 7:89.

A symbol of the presence and glory of God — Nu 14:43,44; Jos 1:6; 1Sa 14:18,19; Ps 132:8.

Esteemed the glory of Israel — 1Sa 4:21,22.

Was holy — 2Ch 35:3.

Sanctified its resting place — 2Ch 8:11.

The Israelites enquired of the Lord before — Jos 7:6-9; Jdj 20:27; 1Ch 13:3.

Was carried

By priests of Levites alone. — De 10:8; Jos 3:14; 2Sa 15:24; 1Ch 15:2.

Before the Israelites in their journeys. — Nu 10:33; Jos 3:6.

Sometimes to the camp in war. — 1Sa 4:4,5.

Profanation of, punished — Nu 4:5,15; 1Sa 6:19; 1Ch 15:13.

Protecting of, rewarded — 1Ch 13:14.

Captured by the Philistines — 1Sa 4:11.

Miracles connected with

Jordan divided. — Jos 4:7.

Fall of the walls of Jericho. — Jos 6:6-20.

Fall of Dagon. — 1Sa 5:1-4.

Philistines plagued. — 1Sa 5:6-12.

Manner of its restoration. — 1Sa 6:1-18.

At Kirjath-jearim twenty years — 1Sa 7:1,2.

Removed from Kirjath-jearim to the house of Obed-edom — 2Sa 6:1-11.

David made a tent for — 2Sa 6:17; 1Ch 15:1.

Brought into the city of David — 2Sa 6:12-15; 1Ch 15:25-28.

Brought by Solomon into the temple with great solemnity — 1Ki 8:1-6; 2Ch 5:2-9.

A type of Christ — Ps 40:8; Re 11:19.