1 Samuel 6:16-18

Good News Translation

¹⁶The five Philistine kings watched them do this and then went back to Ekron that same day.

¹⁷The Philistines sent the five gold tumors to the Lord as a gift to pay for their sins, one each for the cities of Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron. ¹⁸They also sent gold mice, one for each of the cities ruled by the five Philistine kings, both the fortified towns and the villages without walls. The large rock in the field of Joshua of Beth Shemesh, on which they placed the Lord's Covenant Box, is still there as a witness to what happened.

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1 Samuel 6:16-18

New King James Version

¹⁶So when ^(A)the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.

¹⁷^(B)These are the golden tumors which the Philistines returned as a trespass offering to the Lord: one for Ashdod, one for Gaza, one for Ashkelon, one for ^(C)Gath, one for Ekron; ¹⁸and the golden rats, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both fortified cities and country villages, even as far as the large stone of Abel on which they set the ark of the Lord, which stone remains to this day in the field of Joshua of Beth Shemesh.

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1 Samuel 6:16-18

English Standard Version

¹⁶And when ^(A)the five lords of the Philistines saw it, they returned that day to Ekron.

¹⁷These are the golden tumors that the Philistines returned as a ^(B)guilt offering to the Lord: one for Ashdod, one for Gaza, one for Ashkelon, one for Gath, one for Ekron, ¹⁸and the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, ^(C)both fortified cities and unwalled villages. ^(D)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.