Verse 10

So they sent the ark of God to Ekron. It happened, as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, "They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to kill us and our people."

Referenced Verses

• Josh 15:45 : 45 Ekron, with its towns and its villages;
• Judg 1:18 : 18 Also Judah took Gaza with its border, and Ashkelon with its border, and Ekron with its border.
• 2 Kgs 1:2 : 2 Ahaziah fell down through the lattice in his upper room that was in Samaria, and was sick. So he sent messengers, and said to them, "Go, inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I will recover of this sickness."
• Amos 1:8 : 8 I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him who holds the scepter from Ashkelon; and I will turn my hand against Ekron; and the remnant of the Philistines will perish," says the Lord Yahweh.