¹⁰ So they sent the ark of the God of Israel^[a] to Ekron. But when the ark of God came to Ekron, the people of Ekron cried out, “Why^[b] have they brought around to us^[c] the ark of the God of Israel to kill us and our^[d] people?”

² Ahaziah had fallen through the lattice in his upper chamber in Samaria and was injured, so he sent messengers, telling them, “Go, inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I shall recover from this injury.”^(A)

¹⁸ Judah took Gaza with its territory, Ashkelon with its territory, and Ekron with its territory.

⁴⁵ Ekron, with its towns and its villages;