# The Ark of the Covenant

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 8, 1999, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ark-of-the-covenant/5281 "1999-12-08T03:53:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![John\_W.Kennedy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_w.kennedy/32/1031_2.png) [@John\_W.Kennedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_W.Kennedy)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 1999, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ark-of-the-covenant/5281/41 "1999-12-10T17:18:00Z")

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> Angels–Celestial peons, basically. Great for gaurd duty, and the ones sent to do the dirty work on terra firma. When you die, there’s a good chance you’ll be drafted into their ranks.

_ **Arrggghhhh!!!** _ Only in the Gospel According to Hollywood.

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John W. Kennedy  
“Compact is becoming contract; man only earns and pays.”  
– Charles Williams

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**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 1999, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ark-of-the-covenant/5281/42 "1999-12-12T04:21:00Z")

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Here’s the details, according to the Talmud: King Josiah had it hidden in subterranean chambers built into the temple by Solomon due to the prophecies of looming disaster. The hiding is, according to this Talmudic statement, described in II Chronicles 35:3; the prophecies of doom are in II Chronicles 34.

Chaim Mattis Keller

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