1 Samuel 6:17
Now, these, are the golden boils which, the Philistines returned as a guilt-offering unto Yahweh,—For Ashdod, one, for Gaza, one, for Ashkelon, one, for Gath, one, for Ekron, one;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
16And, the five lords of the Philistines, saw it,—and returned unto Ekron, the same day.
Cross References
Judges 1:18And Judah captured Gaza with the boundaries thereof, and Ashkelon, with the boundaries thereof,—and Ekron, with the boundaries thereof.
Judges 16:1Then went Samson unto Gaza,—and saw there an unchaste woman, and went in unto her.
1 Samuel 5:1Now, the Philistines, having taken the ark of God,—brought it in from Eben-ezer, unto Ashdod.
1 Samuel 5:10Then sent they the ark of God to Ekron,—and so it was, when the ark of God entered Ekron, that the Ekronites made outcry, saying—They have brought round unto me the ark of the God of Israel, to slay me, and my 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2 Samuel 1:20Do not tell it in Gath, Do not publish it in the streets of Ashkelon,—lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the Uncircumcised triumph.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 1:2And Ahaziah fell through the lattice in his upper chamber, which was in Samaria, and became sick,—so he sent messengers, and said unto them—Go enquire of Baalzebub, 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 →