יב אלא לעולם יהויקים קשיש ואמאי קרי ליה בכור שהוא בכור למלכות ומי מוקמינן זוטא קמי קשישא והכתיב (דברי הימים ב כא, ג) ואת הממלכה נתן ליהורם כי הוא הבכור ההוא ממלא מקום אבותיו הוה
12 the flask of the oil of anointing, the rod of Aaron together with its almonds and blossoms,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Num. XVII, 23.');"><sup>27</sup></span> and the coffer which the Philistines had sent as a present to the God of Israel, as it is written: And put the jewels of gold, which ye return Him for a guilt-offering, in a coffer by the side thereof.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I Sam. VI, 8. This implies that the coffer had to be by the side of the ark. With the disappearance of the ark also the coffer had gone');"><sup>28</sup></span> 'Who hid it? Josiah, king of Judah, hid it, as it is writt And he said, put the holy ark [in the house which Solomon the son of David did build: there shall no more be a burden upon your shoulders].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' II Chron. XXXV, 3. Cf. J. Shek. I, 1 where the latter part of the passage is understood to imply that after the removal of the ark from the Temple at the time of the exile, it shall not be restored again to its place.');"><sup>29</sup></span> [As to the other articles:] R'Eleazar said: [Their disappearance is] inferred by the common expressions of sham, doroth and mishmereth.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sham ('there') is mentioned in connection with the ark in Ex. XXX, 36 and with the manna in XVI, 33. Doroth ('generations') in connection with the manna ibid. and with the sacred oil, ibid. XXX, 31. Mishmereth ('guard') in connection with the manna ibid, and with Aaron's rod in Num. XVII, 25. Manna is thus derived from the ark; and the other two articles from manna. At all events, we learn therefrom that there was no oil of anointing at the time of Jehoahaz.');"><sup>30</sup></span>