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17 And these are the tumors of gold which the Philistines returned for a guilt offering to the Lord: one each for Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath and Ekron;

18 Also the mice of gold was according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both fortified cities and country villages. The great stone, on which they set the ark of the Lord, remains as a witness to this day in the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh.

19 And the Lord slew some of the men of Beth-shemesh because they had looked into the ark of the Lord; He slew [a]seventy men of them, and the people mourned because the Lord had made a great slaughter among them.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 6:19 Most Hebrew manuscripts read 50,070.

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