1 Samuel 6:15

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The Levites took down the ark of Yahweh, and the coffer that was with it, in which the jewels of gold were, and put them on the great stone: and the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day to Yahweh.

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Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, Ekron, and Gaza were the five chief Philistine cities whose rulers returned the ark after God’s judgments; Beth-shemesh was an Israelite town where it arrived and sacrifices were offered. Kiriath-jearim later received the ark, showing its movement

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1 Samuel 6:15 mentions Ashdod, Ashkelon, Beth-shemesh, Ekron, Gath, Gaza and Kiriath-jearim.

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