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The capture of the Israelite Ark of the Covenant (see ch. 4) and its presence in Philistia caused all manner of difficulties for the Philistines (see ch. 5). Most significantly, the idol of the Philistine god Dagon in the temple at Ashdod collapsed and was broken (5:1-5), while the people themselves were stricken with a plague of uncertain identity (the traditional rendering is \u2018hemorrhoids\u2019) (5:6-12). In light of these events, the Philistines reach the rather simple decision to return the Ark to the Israelites (6:1-3).<\/span><\/p>\n

The Philistine priests and diviners (see v. 2) further state, just in case there was any opposition to this decision, \u201cAnd why should you harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts?\u201d (1 Sam 6:6) \u2013 with reference to Exodus 9:34, 10:1, in which passages the hearts of Pharaoh and his courtiers are hardened. This statement reveals that the Philistines had a basic knowledge of the Israelite national narrative (see also 1 Sam 4:8), or at least that the Israelite author accredits such to the Philistines. <\/span><\/p>\n

The verse continues with further words from the Philistine priests and diviners: \u00a0\u201cDid he not make a mockery of them? \u2013 and then they sent them forth and they departed?\u201d \u00a0The key word here is <\/span>hit\u02bfallel<\/span><\/em> \u2018make a mockery\u2019, a relatively rare term in Biblical Hebrew, occurring only seven times in the corpus. \u00a0But one of the other occurrences is in Ex. 10:2, \u201cthat you may recount in the hearing (lit. \u2018ears\u2019) of your sons and of your sons\u2019 sons how I made a mockery of the Egyptians,\u201d spoken by God in advance of the eighth plague. \u00a0Well, that expectation by God came true \u2013 people are recounting how God make a mockery of the Egyptians \u2013 but ironically it is the Philistines (!) who recall God\u2019s actions against the Egyptians.<\/span><\/p>\n

The two parts of 1 Sam 6:6 thus create an intertextual link with Ex. 10:1\u20132, with the first verse mentioning the hardening of the hearts of the Egyptians generally (in addition to Pharaoh) and with the second verse using the rare verb <\/span>hit\u02bfallel<\/span><\/em> \u2018make a mockery\u2019. This cannot be coincidental, but rather must speak to a larger picture. <\/span><\/p>\n

Moshe Garsiel (Bar-Ilan University) has proposed that these and other parallel wordings between the Slavery-Plagues-Exodus account (in Exodus) and the Ark Narrative (in Samuel) direct the reader to consider the larger analogy of the two stories. The Ark, as it were, represents Israel: both are enslaved in a foreign land; God then defeats the foreign god\/gods and the foreign people, including via the sending of plagues; and finally the foreign power sends forth the captured people\/object, which is returned safely to its land.<\/span><\/p>\n

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