Editing Tabernacle (section)

==Subsequent history==
[[File:Location and remains of the Tabernacle IMG 2982.JPG|thumb|Location and remains of the Tabernacle at [[Shiloh (biblical city)|Shiloh]], 2019]]
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During the conquest of [[Canaan]], the main Israelite camp was at [[Gilgal]] ({{bibleverse ||Joshua|4:19|ESV}}; {{bibleverse-nb||Joshua|5:8–10|ESV}}) and the tabernacle was probably erected within the camp: {{bibleverse||Joshua|10:43ESV}} "…and returned into the camp" (''see'' {{bibleverse ||Numbers|1:52–2:34|ESV}} "…they shall camp facing the tent of meeting on every side").

After the conquest and [[Tribal allotments of Israel|division of the land]] among the tribes, the tabernacle was moved to [[Shiloh (biblical city)|Shiloh]] in [[Tribe of Ephraim|Ephraimite]] territory (Joshua's tribe) to avoid disputes among the other tribes ({{bibleverse||Joshua|18:1|ESV}}; {{bibleverse-nb||Joshua|19:51|ESV}}; {{bibleverse-nb ||Joshua|22:9|ESV}}; {{bibleverse ||Psalm|78:60|ESV}}). It remained there during most of the [[biblical judges|rule of the Judges]].<ref>{{Cite book |title=The New American Bible, Old Testament |publisher=Catholic Book Publishing Company |year=1987 |editor=Confraternity of Christian Doctrine |location=New York, New York |page=236 |language=en-us}}, ''[[The Book of Judges]]'', prefatory notes: "…The twelve judges of the present book, however, very probably exercised their authority, sometimes simultaneously, over one or another tribe of Israel, never over the entire nation."</ref><ref>{{Cite book |title=Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary |publisher=Holman Bible Publishers |year=2003 |editor=Brand |editor-first=Chad |location=Nashville, Tennessee |pages=961–965 "Judges, Book of" |language=en-us |editor2=Draper |editor-first2=Charles |editor3=England |editor-first3=Archie}} "Because of the theological nature of the narrative and the author's selective use of data, it is difficult to reconstruct the history of Israel during the period of the judges from the accounts in the heart of the book (3:7–16:31)."</ref> According to a possible translation of {{bibleverse||Judges|20:26-28|ESV}}, the Ark, and thus the tabernacle, was at [[Bethel]] while Phinehas, grandson of Aaron, was alive.

After the Ark of the Covenant was captured by the [[Philistines]], the subsequent history of the tabernacle is separate from that of the Ark, even after the latter was returned. Under King [[Saul]], the tabernacle was eventually moved to [[Nob, Israel|Nob]], near Saul's home town of [[Gibeah]], but after he massacred the priests there ({{bibleverse|1|Samuel|21-22|HE}}), it was moved to [[Gibeon (ancient city)|Gibeon]], a hill-shrine ({{bibleverse|1|Chronicles|16:39|HE}}; {{bibleverse-nb|1|Chronicles|21:29|HE}}; {{bibleverse |2|Chronicles|1:2–6|HE}}, 13).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Eichrodt |first=Walther |url=http://archive.org/details/theologyofoldtes01eich |title=Theology of the Old Testament |date=1961 |publisher=Westminster Press |others=Internet Archive |location=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |page=111 |language=en-us}}</ref> Just prior to [[David]]'s moving the ark to Jerusalem, the ark was located in [[Kiriath-Jearim]] ({{bibleverse |1|Chronicles|13:5-6|HE}}).

The Ark was eventually brought to Jerusalem, where it was placed "inside the tent David had pitched for it" ({{bibleverse|2|Samuel|6:17|HE}}; {{bibleverse |1|Chronicles|15:1|HE}}), not in the tabernacle, which remained at Gibeon. The altar of the tabernacle at Gibeon was used for sacrificial worship ({{bibleverse |1|Chronicles|16:39|HE}}; {{bibleverse-nb|1|Chronicles|21:29|HE}}; {{bibleverse |1|Kings|3:2-4|HE}}), until Solomon brought the structure and its furnishings to Jerusalem to furnish and dedicate the Temple ({{bibleverse|1|Kings|8:4|HE}}).<ref> Compare Guy Darshan, [https://www.academia.edu/107318854/The_Tent_of_Meeting_in_Samuel_and_Kings “The Tent of Meeting in Samuel and Kings,”] in: The Pentateuch and Its Readers, Tübingen 2023, 123–143 </ref>

There is no mention of the tabernacle in the Tanakh after the [[Siege of Jerusalem (587 BC)|destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple]] by the Babylonians in c. 587 BCE.