[ndt]

"If Hamas has it I do not seem them give it up without a fight."

Just tell them to look in the box. (The ark is supposed to be one of those treasures isn't it?)

[Just mythoughts]

Well according to scripture the 'ark' was not left behind. So it was not in Herod's temple.

[Juan Medén]

According to Chronicles, the ark was not among the temple treasures taken by Nebuchadnezzar to Babylon. It was apparently hidden before that time. There is no mention of the ark in any historical record after that point with the exception of the claim by the Ethiopian Orthodox Church to possess the ark.