"And the golden mice, {according to} the number of all the cities of the Philistines {belonging} to the five lords, {both…" — 1 Samuel 6:18

1 Samuel 6:18 · KJV

“And the golden mice, {according to} the number of all the cities of the Philistines {belonging} to the five lords, {both} of fenced cities, and of country villages, even unto the great {stone of} Abel, whereon they set down the ark of the LORD: {which stone remaineth} unto this day in the field of Joshua, the Bethshemite. {great...: or, great stone}”

— 1 Samuel 6:18

Verse 17

And these {are} the golden emerods which the Philistines returned {for} a trespass offering unto the LORD; for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Askelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one;

Verse 19

And he smote the men of Bethshemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the LORD, even he smote of the people fifty thousand and threescore and ten men: and the people lamented, because the LORD had smitten {many} of the people with a great slaughter.

1 Samuel 6 — Context

And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen {it}, they returned to Ekron the same day.

And these {are} the golden emerods which the Philistines returned {for} a trespass offering unto the LORD; for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Askelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one;

And the golden mice, {according to} the number of all the cities of the Philistines {belonging} to the five lords, {both} of fenced cities, and of country villages, even unto the great {stone of} Abel, whereon they set down the ark of the LORD: {which stone remaineth} unto this day in the field of Joshua, the Bethshemite. {great...: or, great stone}

And the men of Bethshemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy LORD God? and to whom shall he go up from us?

Cross References

1 Samuel 6:14-16

And the cart came into the field of Joshua, a Bethshemite, and stood there, where {there was} a great stone: and they clave the wood of the cart, and offered the kine a burnt offering unto the LORD.

Joshua 13:3

From Sihor, which {is} before Egypt, even unto the borders of Ekron northward, {which} is counted to the Canaanite: five lords of the Philistines; the Gazathites, and the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avites:

Deuteronomy 3:5

All these cities {were} fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; beside unwalled towns a great many.

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