It had the gold altar of incense and the ark of the covenant, covered with gold on all sides, in which was a gold jar containing the manna, Aaron’s staff that budded, and the tablets of the covenant.
Then the temple of God in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant appeared in his temple. There were flashes of lightning, rumblings and peals of thunder, an earthquake, and severe hail.
Solomon brought the daughter of Pharaoh from the city of David to the house he had built for her, for he said, ‘My wife must not live in the house of King David of Israel because the places the ark of the Lord has come into are holy.’
Their duties involved the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, the sanctuary utensils that were used with these, and the screen , #– #and all the work relating to them.