The Journeys Of The Ark Of The CovenantSample

1400 B.C.

Judges 18:31 and 19:18. The place in Shiloh where the tabernacle was placed was called the house of the Lord/God.

Judges 20:18, 26, 27. The Ark of the Covenant and the tabernacle were placed in Bethel (within the territory of the tribe of Benjamin).

1 Samuel 1:3; 3:3. This was the permanent site of the Ark of the Covenant and tent of meeting until the time of King David and Solomon. The Ark of the Lord stood here in Shiloh, where Eli and his two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the Lord were. The Lord spoke to little Samuel, who slept near the Ark of God. The Lord pronounced a judgement on the house of Eli.

1 Samuel 4. The Philistines took the Ark of God, and on that same day Eli and his two sons died.

1 Samuel 5:1-12. The Philistines took the Ark of God and brought it to Ashdod, then from Ashdod to Gath, and thereafter to Ekron. All three were Philistine towns. The Ark of the Lord remained a total of seven months in the land of the Philistines (1 Sam. 6:1).

1 Samuel 6. After the hand of the Lord had dealt heavily with the Philistines, they returned the Ark of Lord to Israel, to the town of Beth Shemesh.

1 Samuel 6:19-21. The people of Beth Shemesh looked at the Ark of the Lord out of curiosity, and as a result, 50,070 people died. No one may look at or touch the Ark (Num. 4).

1 Samuel 7:1, 2. The people of Beth Shemesh then sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kirjath Jearim for them to take the Ark of the Lord down to them. The Ark of the Lord was taken to the house of Abinadab in the town Kirjath Jearim where it remained for twenty years. Abinadab's son Eleazar was consecrated to take care of the Ark of the Lord.

1 Samuel 14:18. Saul commanded the priest Ahijah to temporarily bring the Ark of the Lord down to the battleground.

2 Samuel 6:1-9. David decided to bring the Ark of God to Jerusalem. Uzzah was punished with death because he touched the Ark. David, out of fear of the Lord, let the Ark turn aside into the house of Obed-Edom. The Ark remained in his house for three months (2 Sam. 6:10, 11).