1 The Philistines Return the Ark to IsraelThe Ark of the LORD remained in Philistine territory for seven months.
1 Samuel 6:1 Cross References - ISV
1 Samuel 5:1
1 The Philistines’ Troubles because of the ArkThe Philistines took the Ark of God and brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.
1 Samuel 5:3
3 When the people of Ashdod got up the next morning, there was Dagon, lying on the ground in front of the Ark of the LORD. They took Dagon and put him back in his place.
1 Samuel 5:10-11
10 Then they sent the Ark of God to Ekron. When the Ark of God arrived in Ekron, the people of Ekron cried out, “They have brought the Ark of the God of Israel to us to kill us and our people!”
11 They sent messengers and gathered together all the Philistine lords: “Send away the Ark of the God of Israel, and let it return to where it belongs so that it does not kill us and our people.” Meanwhile, a deadly panic had spread all over the town, and God kept on pressuring them there.
11 They sent messengers and gathered together all the Philistine lords: “Send away the Ark of the God of Israel, and let it return to where it belongs so that it does not kill us and our people.” Meanwhile, a deadly panic had spread all over the town, and God kept on pressuring them there.
Psalms 78:61
61 Then he sent his might into captivity and his glory into the control of the adversary.