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1 Samuel 6:17

1 Samuel 6:17

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

these: 1 Samuel 6:4

Ashdod: 1 Samuel 5:1; 2 Chronicles 26:6; Jeremiah 25:20; Zechariah 9:6

Gaza: Judges 16:1, Judges 16:21; Amos 1:7-8

Askelon: Judges 1:18; Zechariah 9:5

Gath: 1 Samuel 5:8; 2 Samuel 1:20, 2 Samuel 21:22; Amos 6:2

Ekron: 1 Samuel 5:10; 2 Kings 1:2; Amos 1:8

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