It's talking about the tablet that Moses brought down, as to contrast the arrival of the Old Testament law with the arrival of the new rules as brought by Jesus' passion. Who knows what happened to the mythical tablets. This is allegory. Do you really think some guy really carried some stone tablets written by the finger of God down a mountain?
This temple existed until 607 B.C.E., when it was destroyed by the Babylonian army under King Nebuchadnezzar. (2Ki 25:9; 2Ch 36:19; Jer 52:13) Because of the falling away of Israel to false religion, God permitted the nations to harass Judah and Jerusalem, at times stripping the temple of its treasures. The temple also suffered periods of neglect. King Shishak of Egypt robbed it of its treasures (993 B.C.E.) in the days of Rehoboam the son of Solomon, only about 33 years after its inauguration. (1Ki 14:25, 26; 2Ch 12:9) King Asa (977-937 B.C.E.) had respect for Jehovah’s house, but to protect Jerusalem he foolishly bribed King Ben-hadad I of Syria, with silver and gold from the treasures of the temple, to break his covenant with Baasha king of Israel.—1Ki 15:18, 19; 2Ch 15:17, 18; 16:2, 3.
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It's talking about the tablet that Moses brought down, as to contrast the arrival of the Old Testament law with the arrival of the new rules as brought by Jesus' passion. Who knows what happened to the mythical tablets. This is allegory. Do you really think some guy really carried some stone tablets written by the finger of God down a mountain?
This temple existed until 607 B.C.E., when it was destroyed by the Babylonian army under King Nebuchadnezzar. (2Ki 25:9; 2Ch 36:19; Jer 52:13) Because of the falling away of Israel to false religion, God permitted the nations to harass Judah and Jerusalem, at times stripping the temple of its treasures. The temple also suffered periods of neglect. King Shishak of Egypt robbed it of its treasures (993 B.C.E.) in the days of Rehoboam the son of Solomon, only about 33 years after its inauguration. (1Ki 14:25, 26; 2Ch 12:9) King Asa (977-937 B.C.E.) had respect for Jehovah’s house, but to protect Jerusalem he foolishly bribed King Ben-hadad I of Syria, with silver and gold from the treasures of the temple, to break his covenant with Baasha king of Israel.—1Ki 15:18, 19; 2Ch 15:17, 18; 16:2, 3.
Presumably when the Temple was destroyed, the gold was looted and the statues smashed.
That's what happened with the vast majority of ancient statuary.
Jerusalem was destroyed in 607 B.C.E. and in 70 C.E. in both cases the temples were destroyed and the valuable items were taken.