The five Philistine rulers saw everything that happened. On that same day they returned to Ekron.

非利士人的五个首领看见，当日就回以革伦去了。

非利士人的五个领袖看见了，当日就回以革伦去。

非利士人的五个领袖看见了，当日就回以革伦去。

那五个非利士首领看见了这一切后，就在当天回以革伦去了。

非利士人的五个首领看见了，当天就回以革伦去。

非利士的五个首领看到这些，当天就返回了以革伦。

非利士人的五個首領看見，當日就回以革倫去了。

非利士人的五個領袖看見了，當日就回以革倫去。

非利士人的五個領袖看見了，當日就回以革倫去。

那五個非利士首領看見了這一切後，就在當天回以革倫去了。

非利士人的五個首領看見了，當天就回以革倫去。

非利士人的五個霸主看見，就在那一天回以革倫去了。

非利士的五個首領看到這些，當天就返回了以革倫。

非利士五牧伯見此、即日反以革倫、

非利士人五伯見此、即反以革倫。

非利士人之五伯見之、遂於是日歸以革倫、

The five rulers of the Philistines saw all this and then returned that same day to Ekron.

And when the five lords of the Philistines saw it, they returned that day to Ekron.

The five Philistine rulers watched all this and then returned to Ekron that same day.

When the five Philistine rulers observed this, they returned to Ekron that same day.

When the five governors of the Philistines saw it, they returned to Ekron that day.

So when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.

And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.

When the five Philistine rulers observed this, they returned to Ekron that same day.

And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen[ it], they returned to Ekron the same day.

The five leaders of the Philistines watched what was happening and then returned to Ekron on the same day.

When the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.

The Philistines asked,“ What guilt offering should we send to him?” Their advisers replied,“ There are five Philistine rulers. So send five gold rats. Also send five gold models of the growths in your bodies. Do it because the same plague has struck you and your rulers alike.

Those areas begin at the Shihor River in the eastern part of Egypt. They go to the territory of Ekron in the north. All that land is considered Canaanite even though it is controlled by five Philistine rulers. They rule over Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath and Ekron. The Avvites

So he left the five rulers of the Philistines. He left the people of Canaan and the people of Sidon. He left the Hivites living in the Lebanon mountains. They lived in the area between Mount Baal Hermon and Lebo Hamath.

So the ark of God was sent to Ekron. As the ark was entering Ekron, the people of the city cried out. They shouted,“ They’ve brought the ark of the god of Israel to us. They want to kill us and our people.”

The rulers of the Philistines went to her. They said,“ See if you can get him to tell you the secret of why he’s so strong. Find out how we can overpower him. Then we can tie him up. We can bring him under our control. Each of us will give you 28 pounds of silver.”

The rulers of the Philistines gathered together. They were going to offer a great sacrifice to their god Dagon. They were going to celebrate. They said,“ Our god has handed our enemy Samson over to us.”When the people saw Samson, they praised their god. They said,“ Our god has handed our enemy over to us. Our enemy has destroyed our land. He has killed large numbers of our people.”After they had drunk a lot of wine, they shouted,“ Bring Samson out. Let him put on a show for us.” So they called Samson out of the prison. He put on a show for them. They had him stand near the temple pillars.Then he spoke to the servant who was holding his hand. He said,“ Put me where I can feel the pillars. I’m talking about the ones that hold up the temple. I want to lean against them.”The temple was crowded with men and women. All the Philistine rulers were there. About 3,000 men and women were on the roof. They were watching Samson put on a show.Then he prayed to the Lord. Samson said,“ Lord and King, show me that you still have concern for me. Please, God, make me strong just one more time. Let me pay the Philistines back for what they did to my two eyes. Let me do it with only one blow.”Then Samson reached toward the two pillars that were in the middle of the temple. They were the ones that held up the temple. He put his right hand on one of them. He put his left hand on the other. He leaned hard against them.Samson said,“ Let me die together with the Philistines!” Then he pushed with all his might. The temple came down on the rulers. It fell on all the people in it. So Samson killed many more Philistines when he died than he did while he lived.

Then the cows went straight up toward Beth Shemesh. They stayed on the road. They were mooing all the way. They didn’t turn to the right or the left. The Philistine rulers followed them all the way to the border of Beth Shemesh.