1 Samuel 6:17
And these [are] the golden emerods which the Philistines have sent back — a guilt-offering to Jehovah: for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Ashkelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one;
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
16and the five princes of the Philistines have seen [it], and turn back [to] Ekron, on that day.
Cross References
Judges 1:18And Judah captureth Gaza and its border, and Askelon and its border, and Ekron and its border;
Judges 16:1And Samson goeth to Gaza, and seeth there a woman, a harlot, and goeth in unto her;
1 Samuel 5:1And the Philistines have taken the ark of God, and bring it in from Eben-Ezer to Ashdod,
1 Samuel 5:10And they send the ark of God to Ekron, and it cometh to pass, at the coming in of the ark of God to Ekron, that the Ekronites cry out, saying, 'They have brought round unto us the ark of the God of Israel, to put us to death — and our people.'
2 Samuel 1:20Declare [it] not in Gath, Proclaim not the tidings in the streets of Ashkelon, Lest they rejoice — The daughters of the Philistines, Lest they exult — The daughters of the Uncircumcised!
2 Kings 1:2and Ahaziah falleth through the lattice in his upper chamber that [is] in Samaria, and is sick, and sendeth messengers, and saith unto them, 'Go ye, inquire of Baal-Zebub god of Ekron if I 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 →