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1 Samuel 5:1

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AND the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Eben-ezer unto Ashdod.
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  1. 1 Samuel 7:12Rank 1 from verse 1
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    12Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Eben-ezer, saying, Hitherto hath the Lord helped us.

  2. 1 Samuel 4:1Rank 2 from verse 1
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    1AND the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside Eben-ezer: and the Philistines pitched in Aphek.

  3. 1 Samuel 4:22Rank 3 from verse 1
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    22And she said, The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark of God is taken.

  4. Joshua 13:3Rank 4 from verse 1
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    3From Sihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the borders of Ekron northward, which is counted to the Canaanite: five lords of the Philistines; the Gazathites, and the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avites:

  5. 1 Samuel 4:11Rank 5 from verse 1
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    11And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.

  6. 1 Samuel 4:17–18Rank 6 from verse 1
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    17And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.

    18And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.

  7. Acts 8:40Rank 7 from verse 1
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    40But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preached in all the cities, till he came to Cæsarea.

  8. Joshua 11:22Rank 8 from verse 1
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    22There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there remained.

  9. Psalms 78:61Rank 9 from verse 1
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    61And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy’s hand.

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1 Samuel 5:1

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ark

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1. The sacred chest called the ark of God, the testimony, or the covenant, made for Israel and set in the tabernacle or temple; the ark of God's testament is also seen in the heavenly temple. 2. The great vessel built by Noah in which his household and living creatures were preserved through the flood. 3. The small covered vessel of bulrushes in which the infant Moses was laid.

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5:1AND the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Eben-ezer unto Ashdod.

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5:2When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.

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