The Ark of the Covenant and the Bible
Here’s another information-filled email on the Ark of the Covenant in the Bible from a reader:
“Interesting. As you probably already know, in 2 Maccabees (2:4-8) the writer tells that just prior to the Babylonian invasion, Jeremiah, “following a divine revelation, ordered that the tabernacle and the ark should accompany him and…he went off to the mountain which Moses climbed to see God’s inheritance (possibly Mt. Nebo; cf. Deuteronomy 31:1-4). When Jeremiah arrived there, he found a room in a cave in which he put the tent, the ark, and the altar of incense; then he blocked up the entrance” (2:4-5).
“The story doesn’t stop there: “Some of those who followed him came up intending to mark the path, but they could not find it. When Jeremiah heard of this, he reproved them: ‘The place is to remain unknown until God gathers his people together again and shows them mercy. Then the Lord will disclose these things, and the glory of the Lord will be seen in the cloud, just as it appeared in the time of Moses and when Solomon prayed that the Temple might be gloriously sanctified'” (2:6-8).
“So there is this tradition that Jeremiah moved the Ark to Mt Nebo and according to 2 Maccabees will remain hidden until the Last Day. Another possibility believed by some scholars is that the Ark is in a tunnel between the Temple Mount and the Dead Sea area of Qumran.
“Let’s get our hiking boots on and go exploring!!”
Thank you. I appreciate knowing what the Bible says about the Ark of the Covenant.
