1 Samuel 6:1

KJV1611 – Modern English

And the ark of the Lord was in the country of the Philistines for seven months.

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  • 1 Sam 5:1 : 1 And the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.
  • 1 Sam 5:3 : 3 And when the people of Ashdod arose early the next day, behold, Dagon had fallen on his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD. So they took Dagon and set him back in his place.
  • 1 Sam 5:10-11 : 10 So they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And as the ark of God came to Ekron, the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought the ark of the God of Israel to us, to kill us and our people. 11 So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it return to its own place, that it may not kill us and our people. For there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.
  • Ps 78:61 : 61 And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy's hand.

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  • 1 Sam 6:2-3
    2 verses
    84%

    2 And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, "What shall we do with the ark of the Lord? Tell us how we should send it back to its place."

    3 And they said, "If you send away the ark of the God of Israel, do not send it empty, but indeed return to Him a trespass offering. Then you shall be healed, and it will be known to you why His hand has not been removed from you."

  • 1 Sam 5:1-3
    3 verses
    80%

    1 And the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.

    2 When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon and set it by Dagon.

    3 And when the people of Ashdod arose early the next day, behold, Dagon had fallen on his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD. So they took Dagon and set him back in his place.

  • 1 Sam 6:20-21
    2 verses
    79%

    20 And the men of Beth Shemesh said, "Who is able to stand before this holy Lord God? And to whom shall He go up from us?"

    21 So they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kirjath Jearim, saying, "The Philistines have brought back the ark of the Lord; come down and take it up to you."

  • 1 Sam 7:1-2
    2 verses
    79%

    1 And the men of Kiriath-jearim came and took up the ark of the LORD, and brought it into the house of Abinadab on the hill, and consecrated Eleazar his son to guard the ark of the LORD.

    2 And it came to pass, while the ark stayed in Kiriath-jearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel mourned after the LORD.

  • 1 Sam 6:15-16
    2 verses
    78%

    15 The Levites took down the ark of the Lord and the chest that was with it, in which were the jewels of gold, and placed them on the large stone. And the men of Beth Shemesh offered burnt offerings and made sacrifices to the Lord on that day.

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

  • 1 Sam 6:8-13
    6 verses
    77%

    8 And take the ark of the Lord and set it on the cart, and put the jewels of gold, which you are returning to Him as a trespass offering, in a chest by its side and send it away, so that it may go.

    9 And watch, if it goes up the road to its own territory, to Beth Shemesh, then He has done us this great evil; but if not, then we shall know that it was not His hand that struck us, but it happened to us by chance.

    10 And the men did so; they took two milk cows, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home.

    11 And they set the ark of the Lord on the cart, and the chest with the golden mice and the images of their tumors.

    12 And the cows took the straight road to Beth Shemesh, and went along the highway, lowing as they went, and did not turn aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines followed them to the border of Beth Shemesh.

    13 Now the people of Beth Shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley, and they lifted up their eyes and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it.

  • 1 Sam 4:6-7
    2 verses
    77%

    6 And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, What does the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews mean? And they understood that the ark of the LORD had come into the camp.

    7 And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the camp. And they said, Woe to us! for such a thing has not happened before.

  • 1 Sam 5:7-11
    5 verses
    77%

    7 When the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the God of Israel must not remain with us, for His hand is harsh upon us and Dagon our god.

    8 So they sent and gathered all the lords of the Philistines to them and said, What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel? And they answered, Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried to Gath. And they carried the ark of the God of Israel there.

    9 And it was so, that after they had carried it there, the hand of the LORD was against the city with a very great destruction; He struck the men of the city, both small and great, and they had tumors in their secret parts.

    10 So they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And as the ark of God came to Ekron, the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought the ark of the God of Israel to us, to kill us and our people.

    11 So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it return to its own place, that it may not kill us and our people. For there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.

  • 2 Sam 6:13
    76%

    13 And it was so, that when those who bore the ark of the LORD had gone six paces, he sacrificed oxen and fatlings.

  • 2 Sam 6:9-11
    3 verses
    76%

    9 And David was afraid of the LORD that day, and said, How shall the ark of the LORD come to me?

    10 So David would not move the ark of the LORD to him into the city of David, but David carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite.

    11 And the ark of the LORD stayed in the house of Obededom the Gittite three months, and the LORD blessed Obededom and all his household.

  • 1 Sam 4:3
    75%

    3 And when the people had come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Why has the LORD defeated us today before the Philistines? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Shiloh to us, that when it comes among us, it may save us from the hand of our enemies.

  • 1 Sam 6:18
    75%

    18 and the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both fortified cities and country villages, even to the large stone of Abel, on which they set down the ark of the Lord, which remains to this day in the field of Joshua of Beth Shemesh.

  • 2 Sam 6:6
    74%

    6 And when they came to Nachon's threshing floor, Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it, for the oxen shook it.

  • 1 Sam 14:18
    74%

    18 Saul said to Ahijah, "Bring here the ark of God," for the ark of God was at that time with the children of Israel.

  • 2 Sam 6:2-4
    3 verses
    73%

    2 And David arose and went with all the people who were with him from Baale of Judah, to bring up from there the ark of God, whose name is called by the name of the LORD of hosts who dwells between the cherubim.

    3 And they set the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab that was in Gibeah; and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drove the new cart.

    4 And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab that was at Gibeah, accompanying the ark of God; and Ahio went before the ark.

  • 1 Chr 13:14
    73%

    14 And the ark of God remained with the family of Obededom in his house three months. And the LORD blessed the house of Obededom and all that he had.

  • 1 Sam 27:7
    72%

    7 And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.

  • 2 Chr 6:11
    72%

    11 And in it have I put the ark, wherein is the covenant of the LORD, that he made with the children of Israel.

  • 2 Sam 6:17
    72%

    17 And they brought in the ark of the LORD, and set it in its place, in the midst of the tabernacle that David had pitched for it, and David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.

  • Josh 6:11
    72%

    11 So the ark of the LORD went around the city, circling it once: and they came into the camp, and stayed in the camp.

  • 1 Sam 7:7
    72%

    7 And when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered together at Mizpah, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard it, they were afraid of the Philistines.

  • 1 Kgs 8:6-7
    2 verses
    72%

    6 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place, into the inner sanctuary of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubim.

    7 For the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and its staves above.

  • 1 Sam 4:11
    72%

    11 And the ark of God was taken, and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were killed.

  • 1 Kgs 8:3
    71%

    3 And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.

  • 1 Chr 13:6-7
    2 verses
    71%

    6 And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to Kirjathjearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up from there the ark of God the LORD, who dwells between the cherubim, whose name is called on it.

    7 And they carried the ark of God on a new cart out of the house of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drove the cart.

  • Judg 20:27
    71%

    27 And the children of Israel inquired of the LORD (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,

  • 2 Chr 1:4
    71%

    4 But the ark of God David had brought up from Kirjathjearim to the place which David had prepared for it: for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem.

  • 2 Sam 6:15
    71%

    15 So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting and with the sound of the trumpet.