1 Samuel 6:19
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He struck of the men of Beth-shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of Yahweh, he struck of the people fifty thousand seventy men; and the people mourned, because Yahweh had struck the people with a great slaughter.
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Get a full Reformed explanation of this passageAshdod, Ashkelon, Ekron, Gath, and Gaza were the five chief Philistine cities, afflicted while the ark was in Philistine territory; Beth-shemesh was the Israelite town where it returned, and Kiriath-jearim later received it. Their locations trace the ark’s movement and underscore God’s holiness among both Philistines and Israelites.
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1 Samuel 6:19 mentions Ashdod, Ashkelon, Beth-shemesh, Ekron, Gath, Gaza and Kiriath-jearim.
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