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When the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.
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The Investigation is Over
Commentators explain that the return of the five Philistine lords to Ekron was not just a journey home; it signified the end of their investigation. They had witnessed the miraculous events and, as one scholar puts it, their 'mission was accomplished.' Their question about the source of their plagues was definitively answered by God's power.
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19th Century
Anglican
They returned to Ekron. —The five Philistine princes, when they had watched the strange scene from a distance, returned; …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it Observed all that was done, how the kine performed their jour…
Presbyterian
These two cows knew their owner, their great Owner, whom Hophni and Phinehas did not know. God's providence takes notice even of animals, and serve…
