On the advice of fortune tellers, the Philistines put the ark and additional offerings on a cow driven cart and send it off, driverless. The cart reaches Beit Shemesh, and the locals celebrate and ask the people of Kiriath-Jearim to collect the ark.
PEOPLE: יהוה YHVH God - Philistines - Joshua the Bethshemite
PLACES: Beit Shemesh - Ekron - Ashdod - Gaza - Askelon - Gath - Kiriath-Jearim
RELATED ARTICLES: Ark of the Covenant - Divination - Plagues of Egypt - Cattle - Korban
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