1 Samuel 6:16
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New International Version (©2011)
The five rulers of the Philistines saw all this and then returned that same day to Ekron.

New Living Translation (©2007)
The five Philistine rulers watched all this and then returned to Ekron that same day.

English Standard Version (©2001)
And when the five lords of the Philistines saw it, they returned that day to Ekron.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
When the five lords of the Philistines saw it, they returned to Ekron that day.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
When the five Philistine rulers observed this, they returned to Ekron that same day.

International Standard Version (©2012)
When the five Philistine lords saw this, they returned to Ekron that very day.

NET Bible (©2006)
The five leaders of the Philistines watched what was happening and then returned to Ekron on the same day.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
After the five rulers of the Philistines saw this, they went back to Ekron that same day.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.

American King James Version
And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.

American Standard Version
And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the five princes of the Philistines saw, and they returned to Accaron the same day.

Darby Bible Translation
And the five lords of the Philistines saw it, and returned to Ekron the same day.

English Revised Version
And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.

Webster's Bible Translation
And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.

World English Bible
When the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.

Young's Literal Translation
and the five princes of the Philistines have seen it, and turn back to Ekron, on that day.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

6:10-18 These two kine knew their owner, their great Owner, whom Hophin and Phinehas knew not. God's providence takes notice even of brute creatures, and serves its own purposes by them. When the reapers saw the ark, they rejoiced; their joy for that was greater than the joy of harvest. The return of the ark, and the revival of holy ordinances, after days of restraint and trouble, are matters of great joy.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 16. - They returned to Ekron the same day. The lords of the Philistines would of course take no part in this rejoicing, but, having seen the ark restored, and the people busied in making preparations for the sacrifice, returned immediately home.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it,.... Observed all that was done, how the kine performed their journey, drew the cart in which the ark was straight to Bethshemesh, stopped in a field near it, where it was received joyfully by the people, and sacrifices offered on account of it:

they returned to Ekron the same day; as they might very well, since it was but twelve miles from Bethshemesh.

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The Ark Returned to Israel
…15And the Levites took down the ark of the LORD, and the coffer that was with it, wherein the jewels of gold were, and put them on the great stone: and the men of Bethshemesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day to the LORD. 16And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day. 17And these are the golden tumors which the Philistines returned for a trespass offering to the LORD; for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Askelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one; …

Joshua 13:3 from the Shihor River on the east of Egypt to the territory of Ekron on the north, all of it counted as Canaanite though held by the five Philistine rulers in Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath and Ekron; the territory of the Avvites
Judges 3:3 the five rulers of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites living in the Lebanon mountains from Mount Baal Hermon to Lebo Hamath.