יוֹלֵ֨ךְ יְהוָ֜ה אֹֽתְךָ֗ וְאֶֽת־מַלְכְּךָ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תָּקִ֣ים עָלֶ֔יךָ אֶל־גּ֕וֹי אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא־יָדַ֖עְתָּ אַתָּ֣ה וַאֲבֹתֶ֑יךָ וְעָבַ֥דְתָּ שָּׁ֛ם אֱלֹהִ֥ים אֲחֵרִ֖ים עֵ֥ץ וָאָֽבֶן׃
Yehovah te levará, a ti e ao teu rei que tiveres estabelecido sobre ti, a uma nação que nem tu nem os teus antepassados conheceram; e servirás ali a deuses estranhos, de madeira e pedra.
Tosefta Sotah
Once the Ark was hidden away, hidden with it was the jar of manna, and the flask of anointing oil, and the staff of Aaron [and] its almonds and its blossoms, and the chest that the Philistines sent as a gift to the God of Israel. All of these had been in the Holy of Holies in the Temple. And once the Ark was hidden away, its vessels were hidden [along] with it. And who hid it away? Josiah the king hid it away. What did he see [that caused him to hide it]? It was because he saw written in the Torah (Deut. 28:36), "Hashem will drive away you and your king, etc." He appointed Levites and they hid it, as it is said (2 Chron. 35:3), "He said to the Levites, who taught all of Israel, who were holy to Hashem: 'Put the Holy Ark in the Temple that Solomon, king of Israel, built. You need not carry it on your shoulders any longer.'" He said to them, "Hide it away, so that it not be taken up to Babylonia like the rest of the vessels, so that it may be restored to its place [in the future]," as it is said (ibid.), "Now serve Hashem your God, and His people Israel," [and thus] they immediately hid it away. Rabbi Eliezer says, [rather,] the Ark was exiled to Babylonia, as it is said (2 Kings 20:17), "[Behold, days are coming when all that is in your house, and all the treasures that your fathers have stored up until today, will be carried away to Babylonia]; not a thing (davar) will remain, said Hashem." And there is no davar but the dibrot (i.e., the Commandments, see Avot D'Rabbi Natan 41:12) that are in it. Rabbi Shimon says, behold, it says (2 Chron. 36:10, JPS tr.), "At the turn of the year, King Nebuchadnezzar sent to have him brought to Babylonia with the precious vessels of the House of the Lord [etc.]" -- that is the Ark. Rabbi Yehudah ben Lakish says, the Ark was hidden in its place, as it is said (1 Kings 8:8), "And the poles [of the Ark] projected out, [and the ends of the poles] were seen [from the sanctuary in front of the Holy, but they were not seen from the outside]; and they remain there until this day."