1
And
the
ark
of
the
LORD
was
in
the
country
of
the
Philistines
seven
months.
2
And
the
Philistines
called
for
the
priests
and
the
diviners,
saying,
What
shall
we
do
to
the
ark
of
the
LORD?
tell
us
wherewith
we
shall
send
it
to
his
place.
3
And
they
said,
If
ye
send
away
the
ark
of
the
God
of
Israel,
send
it
not
empty;
but
in
any
wise
return
him
a
trespass
offering:
then
ye
shall
be
healed,
and
it
shall
be
known
to
you
why
his
hand
is
not
removed
from
you.
4
Then
said
they,
What
[shall
be]
the
trespass
offering
which
we
shall
return
to
him?
They
answered,
Five
golden
emerods,
and
five
golden
mice,
[according
to]
the
number
of
the
lords
of
the
Philistines:
for
one
plague
[was]
on
you
all,
and
on
your
lords.
5
Wherefore
ye
shall
make
images
of
your
emerods,
and
images
of
your
mice
that
mar
the
land;
and
ye
shall
give
glory
unto
the
God
of
Israel:
peradventure
he
will
lighten
his
hand
from
off
you,
and
from
off
your
gods,
and
from
off
your
land.
6
Wherefore
then
do
ye
harden
your
hearts,
as
the
Egyptians
and
Pharaoh
hardened
their
hearts?
when
he
had
wrought
wonderfully
among
them,
did
they
not
let
the
people
go,
and
they
departed?
7
Now
therefore
make
a
new
cart,
and
take
two
milch
kine,
on
which
there
hath
come
no
yoke,
and
tie
the
kine
to
the
cart,
and
bring
their
calves
home
from
them:
8
And
take
the
ark
of
the
LORD,
and
lay
it
upon
the
cart;
and
put
the
jewels
of
gold,
which
ye
return
him
[for]
a
trespass
offering,
in
a
coffer
by
the
side
thereof;
and
send
it
away,
that
it
may
9
And
see,
if
it
goeth
up
by
the
way
of
his
own
coast
to
Bethshemesh,
[then]
he
hath
done
us
this
great
evil:
but
if
not,
then
we
shall
know
that
[it
is]
not
his
hand
[that]
smote
us:
it
[was]
a
chance
[that]
happened
to
10
And
the
men
did
so;
and
took
two
milch
kine,
and
tied
them
to
the
cart,
and
shut
up
their
calves
at
home:
11
And
they
laid
the
ark
of
the
LORD
upon
the
cart,
and
the
coffer
with
the
mice
of
gold
and
the
images
of
their
emerods.
12
And
the
kine
took
the
straight
way
to
the
way
of
Bethshemesh,
[and]
went
along
the
highway,
lowing
as
they
went,
and
turned
not
aside
[to]
the
right
hand
or
[to]
the
left;
and
the
lords
of
the
Philistines
went
after
them
unto
the
border
of
Bethshemesh.
13
And
[they
of]
Bethshemesh
[were]
reaping
their
wheat
harvest
in
the
valley:
and
they
lifted
up
their
eyes,
and
saw
the
ark,
and
rejoiced
to
see
[it].
14
And
the
cart
came
into
the
field
of
Joshua,
a
Bethshemite,
and
stood
there,
where
[there
was]
a
great
stone:
and
they
clave
the
wood
of
the
cart,
and
offered
the
kine
a
burnt
offering
unto
the
LORD.
15
And
the
Levites
took
down
the
ark
of
the
LORD,
and
the
coffer
that
[was]
with
it,
wherein
the
jewels
of
gold
[were],
and
put
[them]
on
the
great
stone:
and
the
men
of
Bethshemesh
offered
burnt
offerings
and
sacrificed
sacrifices
the
same
day
unto
the
LORD.
16
And
when
the
five
lords
of
the
Philistines
had
seen
[it],
they
returned
to
Ekron
the
same
day.
17
And
these
[are]
the
golden
emerods
which
the
Philistines
returned
[for]
a
trespass
offering
unto
the
LORD;
for
Ashdod
one,
for
Gaza
one,
for
Askelon
one,
for
Gath
one,
for
Ekron
one;
18
And
the
golden
mice,
[according
to]
the
number
of
all
the
cities
of
the
Philistines
[belonging]
to
the
five
lords,
[both]
of
fenced
cities,
and
of
country
villages,
even
unto
the
great
[stone
of]
Abel,
whereon
they
set
down
the
ark
of
the
LORD:
[which
stone
remaineth]
unto
this
day
in
the
field
of
Joshua,
the
Bethshemite.
19
And
he
smote
the
men
of
Bethshemesh,
because
they
had
looked
into
the
ark
of
the
LORD,
even
he
smote
of
the
people
fifty
thousand
and
threescore
and
ten
men:
and
the
people
lamented,
because
the
LORD
had
smitten
[many]
of
the
people
with
a
great
slaughter.
20
And
the
men
of
Bethshemesh
said,
Who
is
able
to
stand
before
this
holy
LORD
God?
and
to
whom
shall
he
go
up
from
21
And
they
sent
messengers
to
the
inhabitants
of
Kirjathjearim,
saying,
The
Philistines
have
brought
again
the
ark
of
the
LORD;
come
ye
down,
[and]
fetch
it
up
to
you.