The number of gold rats also corresponded to the number of Philistine cities belonging to the five rulers—the fortified cities and their outlying villages. And the large rock on which they placed the ark of the LORD stands to this day in the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh.
The cart came to the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh and stopped there near a large rock. The people chopped up the cart
All these cities were fortified with high walls and gates and bars, and there were many more unwalled villages.
from the Shihor east of Egypt to the territory of Ekron on the north (considered to be Canaanite territory)—that of the