1 Samuel 5:10

“Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron, etc.] Another of the five principalities of the Philistines, about ten miles from Gath, where Baalzebub, or the god of the fly, was worshipped: and it came to pass, that as the ark of God came to Ekron; and had been there some little time: that the Ekronites cried out; when they perceived the hand of God was upon them, as upon the other cities; these were the chief magistrates of the city, with the lord of them, as appears by what follows: saying, they have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us; from one city to another, and at length to us: to slay us and our people; not that this was their intention, but so it was eventually.”

“5:10 Ekron, another of the five major Philistine cities (see 6:17), was just five miles north of Gath.”

“God to Ekron: Jos 15:45; Jdg 1:18; Kg2 1:2; Amo 1:8 us, to slay us and our people: Heb. me, to slay me and my people 1 Kings (1 Samuel) 5:11”

“They therefore sent the ark of God to Ekron, i.e., Akir, the north-western city of the Philistines (see at Jos 13:3). But the Ekronites, who had been informed of what had taken place in Ashdod and Gath, cried out, when the ark came into their city, "They have brought the ark of the God of Israel to me, to slay me and my people" (these words are to be regarded as spoken by the whole town); and they said to all the princes of the Philistines whom they had called together, "Send away the ark of the God of Israel, that it may return to its place, and not slay me and my people. For deadly alarm (מות מהוּמת, confusion of death, i.e., alarm produced by many sudden deaths) ruled in the whole city;…”