Gooverto Calnehand look,And gofrom thereto Hamaththe great,Then godownto Gathof the Philistines.Are they betterthanthesekingdoms,Oris their territorygreaterthanyours?
The beginningof his kingdomwas Babeland Erechand Accadand Calneh,in the landof Shinar.
Now when Toikingof Hamathheardthat Davidhad defeatedallthe armyof Hadadezer,
So Solomonobservedthe feastat that time,and allIsraelwith him, a greatassemblyfrom the entranceof Hamathto the brookof Egypt,beforethe LORDour God,for sevendaysand seven[more] days,[even] fourteendays.
The kingof Assyriabrought[men] from Babylonand from Cuthahand from Avvaand from Hamathand Sephar-vaim,and settled[them] in the citiesof Samariain placeof the sonsof Israel.So they possessedSamariaand livedin its cities.
The menof BabylonmadeSuccoth-benoth,the menof CuthmadeNergal,the menof HamathmadeAshima,
Whereare the godsof Hamathand Arpad?Whereare the godsof Sepharvaim,Henaand Ivvah?Have they deliveredSamariafrom my hand?
Whereis the kingof Hamath,the kingof Arpad,the kingof the cityof Sepharvaim,and [of] Henaand Ivvah?'"
Now he wentout and warredagainst the Philistines,and brokedownthe wallof Gathand the wallof Jabnehand the wallof Ashdod;and he builtcitiesin [the area of] Ashdodand among the Philistines.
Concerning Damascus."Hamathand Arpadare putto shame,For they have heardbadnews;They are disheartened.There is anxietyby the sea,It cannotbe calmed.
Are you betterthanNo-amon,Which was situatedby the watersof the Nile,With watersurroundingher, Whoserampart[was] the sea,Whose wall[consisted] of the sea?
As he was talkingwith them, behold,the champion,the Philistinefrom GathnamedGoliath,was comingup from the armyof the Philistines,and he spokethesesamewords;and Davidheard[them].
Then a championcameout from the armiesof the PhilistinesnamedGoliath,from Gath,whose heightwas sixcubitsand a span.
So they sentthe arkof Godto Ekron.And as the arkof Godcameto Ekronthe Ekronitescriedout, saying,"They have broughtthe arkof the Godof Israelaroundto us, to killus and our people."
So they sentand gatheredallthe lordsof the Philistinesto them and said,"Whatshall we dowith the arkof the Godof Israel?"And they said,"Let the arkof the Godof Israelbe broughtaroundto Gath."And they broughtthe arkof the Godof Israel[around].
