CHAPTER 1.: The Destruction That Came Upon The Philistines, And Upon Their Land, By The Wrath Of Go On Account Of Their Having Carried The Ark Away Captive; And After What Manner They Sent It Back To The Hebrews.

Chapter 1 of book VI from "The Antiquities of the Jews," by Flavius Josephus and translated by William Whiston is presented. It outlines the destructions that overcomes upon the Philistines and upon their land after they had taken the ark of the Hebrews captives to the city of Ashdod in Israel. It highlights Philistines' perception that they suffered from too much miseries because of the ark.