1 Samuel 5:10
Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And it came to pass, as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to slay us and our people.
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Gill's Exposition
Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron,.... Another of the five principalities of the Philistines, about ten miles from Gath, where Baalzebub, or the god of the fly, was worshipped:
and it came…
The downfall of Dagon (if the people had made a good use of it, and had been brought by it to repent of their idolatries and to humble themselves before the God of Israel and seek his face) might have…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
they sent the ark of God to Ekron The most northerly of the five confederate cities, about 11 miles north of Gath. It was allotted to the tribe of Judah (Jos 15:45-46), and was temporarily occupied…