1 Samuel 6:1

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

The ark of the Lord was in the country of the Philistines seven months.

Cross References

Psalm 78:61

and delivered his power to captivity, his glory to the hand of the foe.

1 Samuel 5:1

When the Philistines captured the ark of God, they brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod;

1 Samuel 5:12

those who did not die were stricken with tumors, and the cry of the city went up to heaven.

1 Samuel 5:3

When the people of Ashdod rose early the next day, there was Dagon, fallen on his face to the ground before the ark of the Lord. So they took Dagon and put him back in his place.

1 Samuel 6:2

Then the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners and said, “What shall we do with the ark of the Lord? Tell us what we should send with it to its place.”