1 Samuel 6:18

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and the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fortified cities and of country villages, even to the great stone, whereon they set down the ark of Yahweh, [which stone remains] to this day in the field of Joshua the Beth-shemite.

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Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, Ekron, and Gaza were the five principal Philistine cities on Israel’s western coastal plain; Beth-shemesh and Kiriath-jearim were Israelite towns in Judah’s hill country. Their mention frames the ark’s return from Philistine territory and its subsequent custody in Israel.

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1 Samuel 6:18 mentions Ashdod, Ashkelon, Beth-shemesh, Ekron, Gath, Gaza and Kiriath-jearim.

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