16 When the (A)five governors of the Philistines saw it, they returned to Ekron that day.

17 Now (B)these are the gold tumors which the Philistines returned as a guilt offering to the Lord: one for Ashdod, one for Gaza, one for Ashkelon, one for Gath, and one for Ekron; 18 and the gold mice, corresponding to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five governors, (C)both of fortified cities and of country villages. (D)The large [a]stone on which they placed the ark of the Lord is a witness to this day in the field of Joshua the Beth-shemite.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 6:18 As in some mss and ancient versions; MT Abel

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