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PHILISTIA.
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holding the ark in possession, therefore they sent the ark to Ekron ; and the people of Ekron
were afraid, for there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city, and the hand of God
was heavy on them. And after the ark had been seven months among the Philistines they
called for their priests, asking them what they should do with it, and how they could get rid
'AIN SHEMS, THE SITE OF BETH-SHEMESH.
South of the Wady es Siir'ar (Sorek), and nearly opposite to Sur'ah (Zorah). The ancient and modern names Beth-shemesh (House of the Sun)
and 'Ain Shems (Eye of the Sun) are indicative of sun-worship.
of it. And they were told to make a new cart, and take two milch kine, on which there had
come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart and take their calves home from them. And the
Philistines did this, and took the ark in the cart with the milch kine out from Ekron ('Akir) to
a place where three roads met, and then left it. And the milch kine, instead of returning to
THE VALLEY OF SOREK.
Where the men of Beth-shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest when the ark arrived from Ekron.
their calves or going on into the plain of Philistia, turned up the Valley of Sorek, and, passing
between Timnath (see page 156) and Zorah (see page 149), arrived opposite to Beth-shemesh
(1 Samuel vi. 12) on the south side of the valley, then in the hands of the Israelites. Now
Beth-shemesh was a suburban city allotted to the children of Aaron. And the people were
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holding the ark in possession, therefore they sent the ark to Ekron ; and the people of Ekron
were afraid, for there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city, and the hand of God
was heavy on them. And after the ark had been seven months among the Philistines they
called for their priests, asking them what they should do with it, and how they could get rid
'AIN SHEMS, THE SITE OF BETH-SHEMESH.
South of the Wady es Siir'ar (Sorek), and nearly opposite to Sur'ah (Zorah). The ancient and modern names Beth-shemesh (House of the Sun)
and 'Ain Shems (Eye of the Sun) are indicative of sun-worship.
of it. And they were told to make a new cart, and take two milch kine, on which there had
come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart and take their calves home from them. And the
Philistines did this, and took the ark in the cart with the milch kine out from Ekron ('Akir) to
a place where three roads met, and then left it. And the milch kine, instead of returning to
THE VALLEY OF SOREK.
Where the men of Beth-shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest when the ark arrived from Ekron.
their calves or going on into the plain of Philistia, turned up the Valley of Sorek, and, passing
between Timnath (see page 156) and Zorah (see page 149), arrived opposite to Beth-shemesh
(1 Samuel vi. 12) on the south side of the valley, then in the hands of the Israelites. Now
Beth-shemesh was a suburban city allotted to the children of Aaron. And the people were