1 Samuel 6:1

The Philistines Return the Ark

6:1 When the ark of the Lord had been in the land ¹  of the Philistines for seven months, ² 

1 Samuel 6:16

6:16 The five leaders of the Philistines watched what was happening and then returned to Ekron on the same day.

1 Samuel 17:16

17:16 Meanwhile for forty days the Philistine approached every morning and evening and took his position.

[6:1]  ¹ tn Heb “field.”

[6:1]  ² tc The LXX adds “and their land swarmed with mice.”