1 Samuel 5:1New Messianic Version BibleAnd the P’lishtim [Immigrants] took the ark of God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered], and brought it from Even-’’Ezer [treasure] [stone of help] unto Ashdod [powerful]. See the chapter |
And the word of Sh’mu’el [His name is El] came to all Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God]. Now Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] went out against the P’lishtim [Immigrants] to battle, and pitched beside Even-’’Ezer [treasure] [stone of help]: and the P’lishtim [Immigrants] pitched in Aphek [Enclosure].
From Shichor [Dark], which [is] before Mitzrayim [Egypt - The Narrow Place], even unto the borders of ‘Ekron [Torn Up by the Roots] northward, [which] is counted to the Kena’ani [Merchants]: five lords of the P’lishtim [Immigrants]; in ‘Azah, and Ashdod [powerful], Ashkelon, Gat, and ‘Ekron [Torn Up by the Roots]; also the ‘Avim [Ruins]: