1 Samuel 6:17
And these are the golden hemorrhoids which the Philistines returned as a trespass-offering unto the Lord: For Ashdod one, for Gazzah one, for Ashkelon one, for Gath one, for 'Ekron one.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
16And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to 'Ekron on the same day.
Cross References
Judges 1:18And Judah captured Gazzah with its territory, and Ashkelon with its territory, and 'Ekron with its territory.
Judges 16:1Then went Samson to Gazzah, and saw there a harlot, and went in unto her.
1 Samuel 5:1And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Eben-ha'ezer unto Ashdod.
1 Samuel 5:10And they sent away the ark of God to 'Ekron. And it came to pass, as the ark of God came to 'Ekron, that the 'Ekronites cried out, saying, They have removed to us the ark of the God of Israel, to slay us and our people.
2 Samuel 1:20Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Ashkelon; that the daughters of the Philistines may not be glad, that the daughters of the uncircumcised may not rejoice.
2 Kings 1:2And Achazyah fell down through the lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and became sick; and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, inquire of Ba'al-zebub the god of 'Ekron whether I shall recover from this sickness.
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 6:11-19
The Restoration of the Ark. ( b. c. 1119.) 10 And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home: 11 And they laid the ark of the Lord upon the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their emerods. 12 And the kine took the straight way to the way of Beth-shemesh, and went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of… Read the whole commentary →