The Philistines took away the ten commandments from the ark.
Philistines captured the ark from the Israelites in 1 Samuel chapter 5
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For a time, they captured the Ark of the Covenant (1 Samuel ch.4).
Read I Samuel Chapters five and six and you will see that Samuel did not recapture the ark of the covenant. The Philistines brought it back to the Israelites when God punished them for stealing it.
In a way, yes there was.God punished the Philistines in I Samuel 5 and 6 with "emerods" [hemorrhoids; NIV:"tumors"] when they stole the Ark of the Covenant.The suffering of the Philistines went on for a period of time before they attributed their plague, pain and misery with the Ark. They decided to pass it off onto others of their clans but each one suffered in turn... and it was the consensus to return the Ark to the Israelites with a "tribute" attached: "images" [idols] of "five golden emerods" [hemorrhoids] and "five golden mice."To the Philistines, who were big on idol worship [i.e.; Dagon], these "images" were "god-like" idols. So, technically... to the suffering Philistines... there were "five golden hemorrhoid gods" in their repertoire of idols.
1st Samuel 5:1-5 it was in Ashdod then was moved to Ekron in vs10 then to Beth-Shemesh then to Kiriath-jearimand then finally it was placed in Jerusalem the 1st 2 were by the Philistines the later by Israelites
The Ark of the Covenant was at Shiloh for an extended period, traditionally believed to be around 369 years, from its arrival during the time of Joshua until its capture by the Philistines. Shiloh served as a religious center for the Israelites, housing the Ark until its eventual relocation. After its capture, the Ark was not returned to Shiloh.
1 Samuel 5:1 After the Philistines had captured the ark of God, they took it from Ebenezer to Ashdod. 2 Then they carried the ark into Dagon's temple and set it beside Dagon. 3 When the people of Ashdod rose early the next day, there was Dagon, fallen on his face on the ground before the ark of the LORD! They took Dagon and put him back in his place. 4 But the following morning when they rose, there was Dagon, fallen on his face on the ground before the ark of the LORD! His head and hands had been broken off and were lying on the threshold; only his body remained.
The Ark of the Covenant was placed in the temple of Dagon, causing the statue of Dagon to fall and break into pieces. This event is recounted in the biblical story of the Ark being captured by the Philistines.
The ark had been at Shiloh for many years, but it was decided that it should go with the army to assure victory against the Philistines. The Philistines captured the ark and it remained with them for seven months, causing them much grief. So it was returned, but not to Shiloh, (Shiloh was destroyed by the Philistines in B.C. 1050) but to Kirjath-jearim ( there was no tabernacle there and a lot of the tabernacle furniture was in different parts of Israel at that time) where it remained until King David had it brought to Jerusalem. An approximate time of 52 years. A closer time might be calculated if you can determine in what part of David's reign it was brought to Jerusalem.
The early Hebrews were known as "Nazirites', and were engaged with the Philistines and other tribes. After losing the Ark of the Covenant to the Philistines, the Hebrews lost two more battles before Samuel – a holy man, an oracle and soothsayer - arose He chose Saul, a leader in politics and religion to command the Hebrew military. Saul successfully engaged the Philistines in at least three battles, which were followed by the Philistines withdrawing their garrisons from around Hebrew territory.
The Philistines took advantage of early Israelite disunity by waging attacks and raids on Israelite villages. This pillaging was quite common until the Israelites formed a united kingdom and actively engaged the Philistines in war. After that point, the Philistines were more of a nuisance than an actual problem. It was the Assyrians who eventually conquered Israel, not the Philistines.