1 Samuel 6:1 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

The ark of the Lord was in the country of the Philistines seven months.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And the ark of the LORD was in the country of the Philistines seven months.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

THE ARK of the Lord was in the country of the Philistines seven months.

American Standard Version (1901)

And the ark of Jehovah was in the country of the Philistines seven months.

Common English Bible

The LORD’s chest was in Philistine territory for seven months.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Now the ark of the Lord was in the region of the Philistines for seven months.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Now the ark of God was in the land of the Philistines seven months.

1 Samuel 6:1 Cross References

Psalm 78:61

and delivered his power to captivity, his glory to the hand of the foe.

1 Samuel 5:1

When the Philistines captured the ark of God, they carried it from Ebenezer to Ashdod;

1 Samuel 5:12

the men who did not die were stricken with tumors, and the cry of the city went up to heaven.

1 Samuel 5:3

And when the people of Ashdod rose early the next day, behold, Dagon had fallen face downward on the ground before the ark of the Lord. So they took Dagon and put him back in his place.

1 Samuel 6:2

And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners and said, “What shall we do with the ark of the Lord? Tell us with what we shall send it to its place.”