The Illustrated Bible Dictionary
Chest
Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
(Hebrews ’aron, generally rendered “ark”), the coffer into which the contributions for the repair of the temple were put (2 Kings 12:9, 10; 2 Chronicles 24:8, 10, 11). In Genesis 50:26 it is rendered “coffin.” In Ezekiel 27:24 a different Hebrew word, genazim (plur.), is used. It there means “treasure-chests.”
