These are the golden tumors which the Philistines returned for a trespass-offering to Yahweh: for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Ashkelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one;
"Both fortified cities and unwalled villages"  (1 Samuel 6:18).  The mention of these does not indicate that each village sent a golden mouse, because.  "A city with its unwalled villages and adjacent territory was commonly regarded as a unit."[20]  Willis also agreed that, "The fortified cities and the unwalled villages' are the subordinate regions belonging to each of these city-states."[21]