from the Shihor which is near Egypt to the territory of Ekron northward (counted as Canaanite); the five Philistine lords of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath and Ekron; also the Avvim
1 Samuel 6:16 - Tree of Life Version Now when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron that same day. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition When the five lords of the Philistines saw it, they returned that day to Ekron. American Standard Version (1901) And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day. Common English Bible When the five Philistine rulers witnessed this, they went straight back to Ekron. Catholic Public Domain Version And the five princes of the Philistines saw, and they returned to Ekron on the same day. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the five princes of the Philistines saw: and they returned to Accaron the same day. |
from the Shihor which is near Egypt to the territory of Ekron northward (counted as Canaanite); the five Philistine lords of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath and Ekron; also the Avvim
So the Philistine lords came up to her and said to her, “Coax him, see where his great strength comes from and by what we may overpower him, so we may bind him to subdue him—then we’ll each of us give you 1,100 pieces of silver.”
These nations included the five Philistine lords, and all the Canaanites, Zidonians and the Hivites living in the hill country of Lebanon from Mount Baal-hermon to the entrance of Hamath.
So they sent the ark of God to Ekron. But it came about as the ark of God came to Ekron that the Ekronites cried out saying, “They’ve brought around the ark of the God of Israel to us to kill us and our people!”
So the cows took the way straight toward Beth-shemesh—they kept along the same highway, lowing as they went, and turned aside neither to the right nor to the left. The lords of the Philistines followed them to the border of Beth-shemesh.
“What guilt offering should we return to Him?” they asked. So they said, “Five golden tumors and five golden mice—according to the number of the lords of the Philistines, for one plague was on each of you and on your lords.