1 Samuel 6:1

Now the ark of the Lord had been in the country of the Philistines for seven months.

1 Samuel 5:1

Then the Philistines took the ark of God, and they brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.

1 Samuel 5:3

When the people of Ashdod got up early the next day, behold, Dagon had fallen on his face on the ground before the ark of the Lord. So they took Dagon and returned him to his place.

1 Samuel 5:10-11

So they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And as the ark of God came to Ekron, the Ekronites cried out, “They have brought the ark of the God of Israel [from Gath] to us, to kill us and our people.”

Psalm 78:61


And gave up His strength and power (the ark of the covenant) into captivity,
And His glory into the hand of the enemy (the Philistines).

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Summary

And the ark of the LORD was in the country of the Philistines seven months.

Bible References

The ark

1 Samuel 5:1
Then the Philistines took the ark of God, and they brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.
Psalm 78:61

And gave up His strength and power (the ark of the covenant) into captivity,
And His glory into the hand of the enemy (the Philistines).