1 Samuel 6:17

These are the golden tumors which the Philistines returned for a trespass offering to the Lord: for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Ashkelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one;

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In The King James Version

And these are the golden emerods which the Philistines returned for a trespass offering unto the LORD; for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Askelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one;

In Context

16When the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.

18and the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fortified cities and of country villages, even to the great stone, whereon they set down the ark of the Lord. That stone remains to this day in the field of Joshua of Beth Shemesh.

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Cross References

Judges 1:18Also Judah took Gaza with its territory, and Ashkelon with its territory, and Ekron with its territory.

Judges 16:1Samson went to Gaza, and saw a prostitute there, and went in to her.

1 Samuel 5:1Now the Philistines had taken the ark of God, and they brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.

1 Samuel 5:10So they sent the ark of God to Ekron.It happened, as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, "They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to kill us and our people."

2 Samuel 1:20Do not tell it in Gath.Do not publish it in the streets of Ashkelon,lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice,lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.

2 Kings 1:2Ahaziah fell down through the lattice in his upper room that was in Samaria, and was sick. So he sent messengers, and said to them, "Go, inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I will recover of 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 →

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