1Sa 5:1, 6, 2Ch 26:6, Neh 13:23-24, Isa 20:1, Amo 1:8 | ESV | STEP | When the Philistines captured the ark of God , they brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod .

1 Samuel 5:1

The Philistines and the Ark

1 When the Philistines captured the ark of God, they brought it from ^aEbenezer to ^bAshdod.

1 Samuel 5:6

6 ^cThe hand of the Lord was heavy against the people of Ashdod, and he terrified and afflicted them with ^dtumors, both Ashdod and its territory.

2 Chronicles 26:6

6 He went out and ^emade war against the Philistines and broke through the wall of Gath and the wall of Jabneh and the wall of Ashdod, and he built cities in the territory of Ashdod and elsewhere among the Philistines.

Nehemiah 13:23-24

23 In those days also I saw the Jews ^fwho had married women ^gof Ashdod, ^hAmmon, and ⁱMoab. 24 And half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod, and they could not speak the language of Judah, but only the language of each people.

Isaiah 20:1

A Sign Against Egypt and Cush

1 In the year that ^jthe commander in chief, who was sent by Sargon the king of Assyria, came to ^kAshdod and fought against it and captured it—

Amos 1:8

8 I will cut off the inhabitants from ^lAshdod,
and him who holds the scepter from Ashkelon;
I will turn my hand against Ekron,
and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish,”

says the Lord God.