So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to his own place, that it slay us not, and our people: for there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.
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Gill's Exposition
So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines,.... As the men of Ashdod had done before on the same account, Sa1 5:8.
and said, send away the ark of the God of Israel; as these…
Adam Clarke
Send away the ark - It appears that it had been received at Ekron, for there was a deadly destruction through the whole city. They therefore concluded that the ark should be sent back to Shiloh.
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…
Cambridge Bible
and gathered together all the lords A second council of state was held, but the protest of the Ekronites was not listened to. The league was unwilling to part with the trophy of its victory.
a deadly…
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