1 Samuel 6:17

New Century Version

The Philistines had sent these gold models of the growths as penalty offerings to the Lord. They sent one model for each Philistine town: Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron.

Cross References

2 Samuel 1:20

Don’t tell it in Gath. Don’t announce it in the streets of Ashkelon. If you do, the Philistine women will be happy. The daughters of the Philistines will rejoice.

2 Samuel 21:22

These four sons of Rapha from Gath were killed by David and his men.

2 Kings 1:2

Ahaziah fell down through the wooden bars in his upstairs room in Samaria and was badly hurt. He sent messengers and told them, “Go, ask Baal-Zebub, god of Ekron, if I will recover from my injuries.”

2 Chronicles 26:6

Uzziah fought a war against the Philistines. He tore down the walls around their towns of Gath, Jabneh, and Ashdod and built new towns near Ashdod and in other places among the Philistines.

Jeremiah 25:20

and all the foreigners there; all the kings of the land of Uz; all the kings of the Philistines (the kings of the cities of Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the people left at Ashdod);

Leviticus 5:7

“ ‘But if the person cannot afford a lamb, he must bring two doves or two young pigeons to the Lord as the penalty for his sin. One bird must be for a sin offering, and the other must be for a whole burnt offering.

Amos 1:6

This is what the Lord says: “For the many crimes of Gaza, I will punish them. They sold all the people of one area as slaves to Edom.

Amos 6:2

Go look at the city of Calneh, and from there go to the great city Hamath; then go down to Gath of the Philistines. You are no better than these kingdoms. Your land is no larger than theirs.

Deuteronomy 28:27

The Lord will punish you with boils like those the Egyptians had. You will have bad growths, sores, and itches that can’t be cured.

Judges 1:18

The men of Judah captured Gaza, Ashkelon, Ekron, and the lands around them.

Judges 14:19

Then the Spirit of the Lord entered Samson and gave him great power. Samson went down to the city of Ashkelon and killed thirty of its men and took all that they had and gave the clothes to the men who had answered his riddle. Then he went to his father’s house very angry.

Judges 16:1

One day Samson went to Gaza and saw a prostitute there. He went in to spend the night with her.

Judges 16:21

Then the Philistines captured Samson and tore out his eyes. They took him down to Gaza, where they put bronze chains on him and made him grind grain in the prison.

1 Samuel 5:1

After the Philistines had captured the Ark of God, they took it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.

1 Samuel 5:10

Then the Philistines sent the Ark of God to Ekron. But when it came into Ekron, the people of Ekron yelled, “Why are you bringing the Ark of the God of Israel to our city? Do you want to kill us and our people?”

1 Samuel 5:8

The people of Ashdod called all five Philistine kings together and asked them, “What should we do with the Ark of the God of Israel?” The rulers answered, “Move the Ark of the God of Israel to Gath.” So the Philistines moved it to Gath.

1 Samuel 6:4

The Philistines asked, “What kind of penalty offering should we send to Israel’s God?” They answered, “Make five gold models of the growths on your skin and five gold models of rats. The number of models must match the number of Philistine kings, because the same sickness has come on you and your kings.