1 Samuel 6:2

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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!”

Cross References

Genesis 41:8

The next morning the king was upset. So he called in his magicians and wise men and told them what he had dreamed. None of them could tell him what the dreams meant.

Exodus 7:11

Then the king called in the wise men and the magicians, who used their secret powers to do the same thing—

Isaiah 2:6

Our LORD, you have deserted your people, Israel, because they follow customs of nations from the east. They worship Philistine gods and are close friends of foreigners.

Daniel 2:2

So he called in his counsellors, advisers, magicians, and wise men,

Daniel 5:7

The king called in his advisers, who claimed they could talk with the spirits of the dead and understand the meanings found in the stars. He told them, “The man who can read this writing and tell me what it means will become the third most powerful man in my kingdom. He will wear robes of royal purple and a gold chain around his neck.”

Matthew 2:4

Herod brought together the chief priests and the teachers of the Law of Moses and asked them, “Where will the Messiah be born?”

1 Samuel 5:8

The people of Ashdod called all the Philistine rulers to Ashdod, and they asked them, “What can we do with the sacred chest that belongs to the God of Israel?” “Send it to Gath,” the rulers answered. But after they took it there,

1 Samuel 6:1

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