1 Samuel 6:1

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

After the sacred chest had been in Philistia for seven months,

Cross References

Psalm 78:61

He let enemies capture the sacred chest and let them dishonour him.

1 Samuel 5:1

The Philistines took the sacred chest from near Ebenezer to the town of Ashdod.

1 Samuel 5:12

and those who had survived were suffering from the sores. They all cried to their gods for help.

1 Samuel 5:3

When the people of Ashdod got up early the next morning, they found the statue lying face down on the floor in front of the sacred chest. They put the statue back where it belonged.

1 Samuel 6:2

the Philistines called in their priests and fortune-tellers, and asked, “What should we do with this sacred chest? Tell us how to send it back where it belongs!”