# The Levites took down the ark of Yahweh
This happened before they chopped the cart into firewood to use in offering the cows to Yahweh.
# The Levites took down the ark
According to the law of Moses, only the Levites were permitted to handle the ark.
# the box that was with it, where the golden figures were
"the box containing the gold models of the rats and the tumors"