1 Samuel 5:1
1 Samuel · Old Testament · Chapter 5
“And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Ebenezer unto Ashdod.”1 Samuel 5:1
What Does 1 Samuel 5:1 Mean?
1 Samuel 5:1 is found in the book of 1 Samuel, chapter 5, verse 1 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 18 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (18)
These passages are connected to 1 Samuel 5:1 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
1 Samuel 7:12“Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us.”Amos 3:9“Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great tumults in the midst thereof, and the oppressed in the midst thereof.”1 Samuel 4:1“And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside Ebenezer: and the Philistines pitched in Aphek.”Joshua 13:3“From 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:”1 Samuel 4:22“And she said, The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark of God is taken.”Acts 8:40“But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preached in all the cities, till he came to Caesarea.”Joshua 11:22“There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there remained.”Joshua 15:46“From Ekron even unto the sea, all that lay near Ashdod, with their villages:”1 Samuel 4:11“And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.”1 Samuel 4:17“And 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.”1 Samuel 6:17“And these are the golden emerods which the Philistines returned for a trespass offering unto the LORD; for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Askelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one;”2 Chronicles 26:6“And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and brake down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, and built cities about Ashdod, and among the Philistines.”Nehemiah 4:7“But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth,”Isaiah 20:1“In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, (when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it;”Daniel 5:23“But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:”1 Samuel 6:1“And the ark of the LORD was in the country of the Philistines seven months.”Nehemiah 13:23“In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab:”Psalms 78:61“And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy’s hand.”
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