1 Samuel 6:16
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“And when the five rulers of the Philistines saw this, they returned to Ekron that same day.”
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“And when the five rulers of the Philistines saw this, they returned to Ekron that same day.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and the five princes of the Philistines have seen <FI>it<Fi> , and turn back <FI>to<Fi> Ekron, on that day.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Samuel 6:16 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Joshua 13:3All the territory of the Philistines and the Geshurites, from the Shihor east of Egypt to the territory of Ekron on the north (considered to be Canaanite territory)—that of the five Philistine rulers of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron, as well as that of the Avvites;
- Judges 3:3the five rulers of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites who lived in the mountains of Lebanon from Mount Baal-hermon to Lebo-hamath.
- Judges 16:5The lords of the Philistines went to her and said, “Entice him and find out the source of his great strength and how we can overpower him to tie him up and subdue him. Then each one of us will give you eleven hundred shekels of silver.”
- Judges 16:23Now the lords of the Philistines gathered together to offer a great sacrifice to their god Dagon. They rejoiced and said, “Our god has delivered Samson our enemy into our hands.”
- 1 Samuel 5:10So they sent the ark of God to Ekron, but as it arrived, the Ekronites cried out, “They have brought us the ark of the God of Israel in order to kill us and our people!”
- 1 Samuel 6:4“What guilt offering should we send back to Him?” asked the Philistines. “Five gold tumors and five gold rats,” they said, “according to the number of rulers of the Philistines, since the same plague has struck both you and your rulers.
- 1 Samuel 6:12And the cows headed straight up the road toward Beth-shemesh, staying on that one highway and lowing as they went, never straying to the right or to the left. The rulers of the Philistines followed behind them to the border of Beth-shemesh.
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