<P> According to Second Maccabees, at the beginning of chapter 2: </P> <P> The records show that it was the prophet Jeremiah who...prompted by a divine message...gave orders that the Tent of Meeting and the ark should go with him . Then he went away to the mountain from the top of which Moses saw God's promised land . When he reached the mountain, Jeremiah found a cave - dwelling; he carried the tent, the ark, and the incense - altar into it, then blocked up the entrance . Some of his companions came to mark out the way, but were unable to find it . When Jeremiah learnt of this he reprimanded them . "The place shall remain unknown", he said, "until God finally gathers his people together and shows mercy to them . The Lord will bring these things to light again, and the glory of the Lord will appear with the cloud, as it was seen both in the time of Moses and when Solomon prayed that the shrine might be worthily consecrated ." </P> <P> The "mountain from the top of which Moses saw God's promised land" would be Mount Nebo, located in what is now Jordan . </P> <P> In the New Testament, the Ark is mentioned in the Letter to the Hebrews and the Revelation to St. John . Hebrews 9: 4 states that the Ark contained "the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tablets of the covenant ." Revelation 11: 19 says the prophet saw God's temple in heaven opened, "and the ark of his covenant was seen within his temple ." </P>

When was the last time the ark of the covenant was mentioned in the bible