1 Samuel 5:1
Then the Philistims tooke the Arke of God and caried it from Eben-ezer vnto Ashdod,
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Eben-ezer unto Ashdod.
In Context
Cross References
Joshua 11:22There was no Anakim left in the lande of the children of Israel: onely in Azzah, in Gath, and in Ashdod were they left.
1 Samuel 4:1And Samuel spake vnto all Israel: and Israel went out against the Philistims to battel and pitched beside Eben-ezer: and the Philistims pitched in Aphek.
1 Samuel 4:17Then the messenger answered and sayd, Israel is fled before the Philistims, and there hath bene also a great slaughter among the people: and moreouer thy two sonnes, Hophni and Phinehas are dead, and the Arke of God is taken.
1 Samuel 6:1So the Arke of the Lord was in the countrey of the Philistims seuen moneths.
Psalms 78:61And deliuered his power into captiuitie, and his beautie into the enemies hand.
Acts 8:40But Philippe was found at Azotus, and he walked to and from preaching in all the cities, till he came to Cesarea.
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 5:1
It is now time to enquire what has become of the ark of God; we cannot but think that we shall hear more of that sacred treasure. I should have thought the next news would have been that all Israel, from Dan to Beersheba, had gathered together as one man, with a resolution to bring it back, or die in the attempt; but we find not any motion made of that kind, so little was there of zeal or courage left among them. Nay, we do not find that they desired a treaty with the Philistines about the ransom of it, or offered… Read the whole commentary →