Carrying away the Philistine idols was a means of removing them from the land and keeping with the law (Numbers 33:52; Deuteronomy 7:5, Deuteronomy 7:25; Deuteronomy 12:3). We can assume that they were destroyed (see 1 Chronicles 14:12).1
Carrying away the Philistine idols was a means of removing them from the land and keeping with the law (Numbers 33:52; Deuteronomy 7:5, Deuteronomy 7:25; Deuteronomy 12:3). We can assume that they were destroyed (see 1 Chronicles 14:12).1
21 And the Philistines left their idols there, and David and his men carried them away.