Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer the priests were to blow the trumpets before the ark of God; Obed-Edom and Jehiel were also guardians ¹  of the ark.

David ¹  left Asaph and his colleagues there before the ark of the Lord’s covenant to serve before the ark regularly and fulfill each day’s requirements, ² 

It contained the golden altar of incense and the ark of the covenant covered entirely with gold. In this ark ¹  were the golden urn containing the manna, Aaron’s rod that budded, and the stone tablets of the covenant.

after they were disobedient long ago ¹  when God patiently waited ²  in the days of Noah as an ark was being constructed. In the ark ³  a few, that is eight souls, were delivered through water.

Noah entered the ark along with his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives because ¹  of the floodwaters.

On the seventeenth day of the seventh month, the ark came to rest on one of the mountains of Ararat. ¹ 

The poles must remain in the rings of the ark; they must not be removed from it.

You are to put the atonement lid on the ark of the testimony in the Most Holy Place.

You must place them ¹  in the tent of meeting before the ark of the covenant ²  where I meet with you.

Bright and early the next morning Joshua had the priests pick up the ark of the Lord. ¹ 

The Israelites asked the Lord (for the ark of God’s covenant was there in those days;

The ark of God was taken, and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phineas, were killed.

When the ark of the Lord had been in the land ¹  of the Philistines for seven months, ² 

They transported the ark on a new cart from the house of Abinadab; Uzzah and Ahio were guiding the cart,

The priests and Levites consecrated themselves so they could bring up the ark of the Lord God of Israel.

and the priests Benaiah and Jahaziel were to blow trumpets regularly before the ark of God’s covenant.

and set up in it a place for the ark containing the covenant the Lord made with the Israelites.”

So they assembled ¹  all the leaders of the Philistines and asked, “What should we do with the ark of the God of Israel?” They replied, “The ark of the God of Israel should be moved to Gath.” So they moved the ark of the God of Israel.

This is how you should make it: The ark is to be 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high. ¹ 

but I will confirm ¹  my covenant with you. You will enter ²  the ark – you, your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives with you.