Ark of the Covenant

The Ark of the Covenant,|ʾĂrōn haBǝrīṯ}}; ; ; ;}} also known as the Ark of the Testimony|ʾĂrōn hāʿĒdūṯ|label=none}}}} or the Ark of God,|ʾĂrōn-YHWH|label=none}} or |ʾĂrōn hāʾĔlōhīm|label=none}}}} 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... plus