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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 .
"And [David] made him houses in the city of David; and he prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent. Then David said: 'None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites; for them hath the LORD chosen to carry the ark of the LORD, and to minister to Him for ever'" (1 Chronicles 15:1-2, Jewish Publication Society Version of ...
David, displeased because Yahweh had killed Uzzah, [6] called the place where this occurred "Perez-uzzah", which means "to burst out against Uzzah". [7] David was afraid to bring the ark any further, and placed it in the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite [8] for three months. The Lord then blessed Obed-edom and David went and brought up the ark of ...
En route, a cart bearing the Ark of the Covenant nearly capsizes. Uzzah, a captain in David's army, attempts to prevent the Ark from falling and abruptly dies touching it. While the prophet Nathan declares it the will of God, a skeptical David pronounces it as natural causes. David is attracted to Bathsheba, wife of his captain Uriah the Hittite.
He brings the Ark of the Covenant to the city, [56] intending to build a temple for God, but the prophet Nathan forbids it, prophesying that the temple would be built by one of David's sons. [57] Nathan also prophesies that God has made a covenant with the house of David stating, "your throne shall be established forever". [ 58 ]
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 ...
David requests the Ark be moved to Jerusalem, but when it becomes unsteady, Uzzah puts his hand on it and is struck dead by Yahweh. David leaves the ark with Obed-Edom for three months, though noting Obed-edom's subsequent good fortune, he brings the Ark to Zion. David joins the subsequent celebrations but is castigated for doing so by Michal.
David was unwilling to take more risks, so the ark was left for three months at the place of Obed-Edom the Gittite, one of David's loyal servants since his time in Ziklag, who was a non-Israelite (and possibly a worshipper of another god), but willingly housed the ark.