16The five rulers of the Philistines saw all this and then returned that same day to Ekron.


In Context

13 Now the people of Beth Shemesh were harvesting their wheat in the valley, and when they looked up and saw the ark, they rejoiced at the sight.

14 The cart came to the field of Joshua of Beth Shemesh, and there it stopped beside a large rock. The people chopped up the wood of the cart and sacrificed the cows as a burnt offering to the Lord .

15 The Levites took down the ark of the Lord , together with the chest containing the gold objects, and placed them on the large rock. On that day the people of Beth Shemesh offered burnt offerings and made sacrifices to the Lord .

16 The five rulers of the Philistines saw all this and then returned that same day to Ekron.

17 These are the gold tumors the Philistines sent as a guilt offering to the Lord -one each for Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath and Ekron.

18 And the number of the gold rats was according to the number of Philistine towns belonging to the five rulers-the fortified towns with their country villages. The large rock, on which they set the ark of the Lord , is a witness to this day in the field of Joshua of Beth Shemesh.

1st Samuel 6:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:16And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen [it,] they returned to Ekron the same day.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

6:16And the five princes of the Philistines saw, and they returned to Accaron the same day.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:16And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:16And the five lords of the Philistines saw it, and returned to Ekron the same day.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:16And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:16And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:16When the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:16and the five princes of the Philistines have seen it, and turn back to Ekron, on that day.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:16And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.