Kiriyat Je’arim at Tel Kerioth is the site where the Ark of the Covenant was held before it was returned to Jerusalem. Today, the Church of Notre Dame de l’Arche d’Alliance is said to occupy the site where the house of Abinidab once stood. It was in Abinidab’s house that the Ark was held until King David moved it to Jerusalem. A statue at the top of the church depicts Mary with the infant Christ standing atop the Ark of the Covenant.