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17 These are the gold tumours, which the Philistines returned as a guilt-offering to the Lord: one for Ashdod, one for Gaza, one for Ashkelon, one for Gath, one for Ekron; 18 also the gold mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both fortified cities and unwalled villages. The great stone, beside which they set down the ark of the Lord, is a witness to this day in the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh.

The Ark at Kiriath-jearim

19 The descendants of Jeconiah did not rejoice with the people of Beth-shemesh when they greeted[a] the ark of the Lord; and he killed seventy men of them.[b] The people mourned because the Lord had made a great slaughter among the people.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 6:19 Gk: Heb And he killed some of the people of Beth-shemesh, because they looked into
  2. 1 Samuel 6:19 Heb killed seventy men, fifty thousand men

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