1 Samuel 6:16 “And when the five rulers of the Philistines saw this, they returned to…”

1 Samuel 6:16

And when the five rulers of the Philistines saw this, they returned to Ekron that same day.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.

World English Bible

When the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.

American Standard Version

And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.

Geneva Bible 1599

And when the fiue Princes of ye Philistims had seene it, they returned to Ekron the same day.

Darby Translation

And the five lords of the Philistines saw [it], and returned to Ekron the same day.

Young's Literal Translation

and the five princes of the Philistines have seen [it], and turn back [to] Ekron, on that day.

Bible in Basic English

And the five lords of the Philistines, having seen it, went back to Ekron the same day.

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Cross references

“the five”

1 Samuel 6:4 Joshua 13:3 Judges 3:3 1 Samuel 6:12 Judges 16:5 Judges 16:23–30

1 Samuel 6:4 · BSB

“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…

Joshua 13:3 · BSB

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 3:3 · BSB

the 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.

1 Samuel 6:12 · BSB

And 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 bor…

Judges 16:5 · BSB

The 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 she…

Judges 16:23–30 · BSB

Now 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.”

“they returned”

1 Samuel 5:10

1 Samuel 5:10 · BSB

So 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!”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

15And the Levites took down the ark of the LORD and the chest containing the gold objects, and they placed them on the large rock. That day the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt offerings and made sacrifices to the LORD.

17As a guilt offering to the LORD, the Philistines had sent back one gold tumor for each city: Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron.

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