1 Samuel 6:13

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They 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.

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Beth-shemesh was an Israelite town in Judah, where the Philistine-returned ark arrived; Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, Ekron, and Gaza were the five principal Philistine cities. Kiriath-jearim later received the ark after its brief stay at Beth-shemesh, highlighting God’s judgment on Philistia and Israel’s need to treat his holiness rightly.

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1 Samuel 6:13 mentions Ashdod, Ashkelon, Beth-shemesh, Ekron, Gath, Gaza and Kiriath-jearim.

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