ark – meaning in Easy English

1. The ark of the Lord or the ark of God. The Bible also calls it the ark of the Covenant (or agreement). It was a wooden box that had gold all over the outside and inside. It had two gold angels on the top. See Exodus 25:10-22. It contained God's 10 rules and other things that were important to the Israelites. They kept the ark in the house of the Lord and only the priest could see it.
2. A big wooden boat that God told Noah to build.