10 Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron. So it was, as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, “They have brought the ark of the God of Israel to us, to kill us and our people!”

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I will cut off the inhabitant (A)from Ashdod,
And the one who holds the scepter from Ashkelon;
I will (B)turn My hand against Ekron,
And (C)the remnant of the Philistines shall perish,”
Says the Lord God.

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Now (A)Ahaziah fell through the lattice of his upper room in Samaria, and was injured; so he sent messengers and said to them, “Go, inquire of (B)Baal-Zebub,[a] the god of (C)Ekron, whether I shall recover from this injury.”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 1:2 Lit. Lord of Flies

18 Also Judah took (A)Gaza with its territory, Ashkelon with its territory, and Ekron with its territory.

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45 Ekron, with its towns and villages;

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