Jehovah dealt heavily with the Philistines for the protection of His Ark (vv. 1-12). For God to protect His Ark meant that He was protecting His holiness (cf. 1 Sam. 6:19-20).
This is how denominations are formed. The main direction is to come out of the system; it cannot change. "I began to realize that our practices have differed and deviated from our vision. Our vision was the same, our teaching was mostly the same, the truth is always the same, but our practice has really differed."
