And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.
The five Philistine rulers accompanied the ark as far as Beth-shemesh and watched how it was received there before going back to Ekron on that same day. Once they had returned to Ekron the plague that had struck the Philistines came to an end. What they had seen left them persuaded that the disasters that had fallen upon them were judgments sent by Israel's God.
The five Philistine rulers accompanied the ark as far as Beth-shemesh and watched how it was received there before going back to Ekron on that same day. Once they had returned to Ekron the plague that had struck the Philistines came to an end. What they had seen left them persuaded that the disasters that had fallen upon them were judgments sent by Israel's God.