1 Samuel 6:1

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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

Cross References

Psalm 78:61

And delivered His strength and power (the ark of the covenant) into captivity, and His glory into the hands of the foe (the Philistines). [I Sam. 4:21.]

1 Samuel 5:1

THE PHILISTINES brought the ark of God from Ebenezer to Ashdod.

1 Samuel 5:12

The men who had not died were stricken with very painful tumors or boils, and the cry of the city went up to heaven.

1 Samuel 5:3

When they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon had fallen upon his face on the ground before the ark of the Lord. So they took Dagon and set him in his place again.

1 Samuel 6:2

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