²⁰ And the people of Beth Shemesh asked, “Who can stand^(A) in the presence of the Lord, this holy^(B) God? To whom will the ark go up from here?”

¹² Then the cows went straight up toward Beth Shemesh, keeping on the road and lowing all the way; they did not turn to the right or to the left. The rulers of the Philistines followed them as far as the border of Beth Shemesh.

³⁵ And the Amorites were determined also to hold out in Mount Heres,^(A) Aijalon^(B) and Shaalbim,^(C) but when the power of the tribes of Joseph increased, they too were pressed into forced labor.