Commentary for Yoma 107:8

מאי הוה עביד אמר רבי חלבו מתעסק בקרדומו היה תנא דבי רבי ישמעאל שני כהנים בעלי מומין היו מתליעין בעצים ונשמטה קרדומו של אחד מהם ונפלה שם ויצתה אש ואכלתו

But Sennacherib, King of Assyria, had come up already and confused all the lands as it is said: I have removed the bounds of the peoples, and have robbed their treasures?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Isa. X, 13. The King of Babylon boasts of his achievements. Hence the sons of Simeon could not have dwelt there 'forever.');">¹²</span> This is a refutation. R'Nahman said: It was taught that the Ark was hidden away in the Chamber of the wood-shed.

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