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1 Samuel 5:1

And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Ebenezer unto Ashdod.

KJV

Philisthiim autem tulerunt arcam Dei, et asportaverunt eam a lapide Adjutorii in Azotum.

Vulgate

Καὶ ἀλλόφυλοι ἔλαβον τὴν κιβωτὸν τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ εἰσήνεγκαν αὐτὴν ἐξ Ἀβεννὴρ εἰς Ἄζωτον.

LXX

Now the Philistines had taken the ark of God, and they brought it from Eben-ezer unto Ashdod.

ASV

וּ/פְלִשְׁתִּים֙ לָֽקְח֔וּ אֵ֖ת אֲר֣וֹן הָ/אֱלֹהִ֑ים וַ/יְבִאֻ֛/הוּ מֵ/אֶ֥בֶן הָעֵ֖זֶר אַשְׁדּֽוֹדָ/ה

Hebrew

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In this verse

Places Ashdod

In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲר֣וֹן
'rvn
noun · 202×
אֶ֣בֶן
'bn
proper_noun · 6×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אַשְׁדּ֖וֹד
'shdvd
proper_noun · 17×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
יִּקַּ֣ח
yqch
verb · 963×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים
plshtym
noun · 290×

Historic Christian voices

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Covers the prophet Samuel, the demand for a king, Saul's anointing and reign, David's anointing, his victory over Goliath, his friendship with Jonathan, Saul's pursuit of David, and Saul's death at Mount Gilboa. Josephus provides psychological depth to the characters.

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 4:1 — And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside Ebenezer: and the Philistines pitched in Aphek.
  • 1Sam 4:1 — And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside Ebenezer: and the Philistines pitched in Aphek.
  • 1Sam 4:22 — And she said, The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark of God is taken.
  • 1Sam 7:12 — Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us.
  • 1Sam 7:12 — Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us.
  • Acts 8:40 — But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preached in all the cities, till he came to Caesarea.
  • Amos 3:9 — Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great tumults in the midst thereof, and the oppres
  • Josh 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, th