And these are the golden emerods which the Plishtim returned for a trespass offering unto YY ; for Ashdod one, for Azah one, for Askelon one, for Gat one, for Ekron one;
Tell it not in Gat, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Plishtim rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go ye to Hamath the great: then go down to Gat of the Plishtim: be they better than these kingdoms? or their border greater than your border?
And all the mingled people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Plishtim, and Ashkelon, and Azzah, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod,
And he went forth and warred against the Plishtim, and brake down the wall of Gat, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, and built cities about Ashdod, and among the Plishtim.
And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that was in Shomron, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, enquire of Baalzebub the Elohim of Ekron whether I shall recover of this disease.
Then said they, What shall be the trespass offering which we shall return to him? They answered, Five golden emerods, and five golden mice, according to the number of YY s of the Plishtim: for one plague was on you all, and on your YY s.
Therefore they sent the ark of Elohim to Ekron. And it came to pass, as the ark of Elohim came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought about the ark of the Elohim of Yisrael to us, to slay us and our people.
They sent therefore and gathered all YY s of the Plishtim unto them, and said, What shall we do with the ark of the Elohim of Yisrael? And they answered, Let the ark of the Elohim of Yisrael be carried about unto Gat. And they carried the ark of the Elohim of Yisrael about thither.
But the Plishtim took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Azah, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.
And if he be not able to bring a lamb, then he shall bring for his trespass, which he hath committed, two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, unto YY ; one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering.
Thus saith YY ; For three transgressions of Azah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they carried away captive the whole captivity, to deliver them up to Edom:
And the Spirit of YY came upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and slew thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave change of garments unto them which expounded the riddle. And his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father's house.