Now the Philistines had taken God’s ark, and they brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.
Parallel translations
- KJV And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Ebenezer unto Ashdod.
- BSB After the Philistines had captured the ark of God, they took it from Ebenezer to Ashdod,
- NKJV Then the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.
- NASB Now the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.
- NLT After the Philistines captured the Ark of God, they took it from the battleground at Ebenezer to the town of Ashdod.
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- 1 Sam 7:12Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpah and Shen, and called its name Ebenezer, saying, “Yahweh helped us until now.”
- 1 Sam 4:1The word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and encamped beside Ebenezer; and the Philistines encamped in Aphek.
- 1 Sam 4:22She said, “The glory has departed from Israel; for God’s ark has been taken.”
- Josh 13:3from the Shihor, which is before Egypt, even to the border of Ekron northward, which is counted as Canaanite; the five lords of the Philistines; the Gazites, and the Ashdodites, the Ashkelonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avvim,
- 1 Sam 4:17–18He who brought the news answered, “Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been also a great slaughter among the people. Your two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and God’s ark has been captured.”
- Acts 8:40But Philip was found at Azotus. Passing through, he preached the Good News to all the cities, until he came to Caesarea.
- 1 Sam 4:11God’s ark was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
- Josh 11:22There were none of the Anakim left in the land of the children of Israel. Only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, did some remain.
- Ps 78:61and delivered his strength into captivity, his glory into the adversary’s hand.
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