“Let not the ark stay with us.” So, they sent for and gathered together five princes and the Philistines. “Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried over to Gath.” But destruction and tumors also broke out there . Then they carried the ark to Ekron. The people there were terrified and gathered together again, because the hand of God had also struck there. The ark had now been with the Philistines for seven months.