1 Samuel 5:10

Therefore they sent 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 brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to slay us and our people.

Therefore they sent {H7971} the ark {H727} of God {H430} to Ekron {H6138}. And it came to pass, as the ark {H727} of God {H430} came {H935} to Ekron {H6138}, that the Ekronites {H6139} cried out {H2199}, saying {H559}, They have brought about {H5437} the ark {H727} of the God {H430} of Israel {H3478} to us, to slay {H4191} us and our people {H5971}.

Next they sent the ark of God to 'Ekron; but when the ark of God arrived in 'Ekron the 'Ekronim shouted, "Now they've brought the ark of the God of Isra'el to us, to kill us and our people!"

So they sent the ark of God to Ekron, but as it arrived, the Ekronites cried out, “They have brought us the ark of the God of Israel in order to kill us and our people!”

So they sent 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 brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to slay us and our people.

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Cross-References

  • Amos 1:8 (4 votes)

    And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him that holdeth the sceptre from Ashkelon, and I will turn mine hand against Ekron: and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish, saith the Lord GOD.

  • Judges 1:18 (2 votes)

    Also Judah took Gaza with the coast thereof, and Askelon with the coast thereof, and Ekron with the coast thereof.

  • 2 Kings 1:2 (2 votes)

    And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that [was] in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this disease.

  • Joshua 15:45 (2 votes)

    Ekron, with her towns and her villages: