A newly translated Hebrew text claims to reveal where treasures from King Solomon's temple were hidden and discusses the fate of the Ark of the Covenant itself. In the original Hebrew the Ark of the Covenant has three different main names: 1: “Aron Ha-Brit” {ארון הברית}– literally means ‘the Ark of the Covenant.’ This is the mos t popular Hebrew name for the Ark and can be found in the Hebrew Bible mainly in the Book of Deuteronomy and the Book of Joshua. In the Koran the Ark of the Covenant and Moses' ark of bulrushes are both indicated by the one word "tabut," which term certainly comes from the Hebrew "tebah," through the Jewish-Aramaic "tebuta." A newly translated ancient Hebrew text provides clues to what may have happened to the Ark of the Covenant, along with the other treasures in King Solomon’s Temple. The floating zoo is a “ta-va” in Hebrew, but the Ark of the Covenant is an “aron”, which means chest.
He said, “There, above the cover between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the covenant law, I will meet with you and give you all my commands for the Israelites” (Exodus 25:22).Unlike the statutes of gods idolized by many of the Israelites, the Ark of the Covenant served as a religious symbol where the people could meet with God. The Mercy Seat was where God would dwell. The reference in the Koran to the Ark of the Covenant occurs in … In Hebrew today an “aron” can refer to a cupboard – essentially a storage container for a collection of items.
The Ark of the Covenant is a chest that held tablets engraved with the Ten Commandments.