1 Samuel 5:9 - The Scriptures 1998

⁹ And it came to be, after they removed it, that the hand of יהוה  was against the city with a very great destruction. And He smote the men of the city, from the least to the greatest, and tumours broke out on them.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ And it was so, that, after they had carried it about, the hand of the LORD was against the city with a very great destruction: and he smote the men of the city, both small and great, and they had emerods in their secret parts.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ But after they had carried it to Gath, the hand of the Lord was against the city, causing an exceedingly great panic [at the deaths from the plague], for He afflicted the people of the city, both small and great, and tumors or boils broke out on them.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ And it was so, that, after they had carried it about, the hand of Jehovah was against the city with a very great discomfiture: and he smote the men of the city, both small and great; and tumors brake out upon them.

Common English Bible

⁹ But once they moved it, the LORD’s hand came against the city, causing a huge panic. God struck the city’s inhabitants, both young and old, and tumors broke out on them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ And as they were carrying it around, the hand of the Lord fell upon every single city with an exceedingly great slaughter. And he struck down the men of each and every city, from the small even to the great. And cysts were festering at their buttocks. And the Gathites took counsel, and they made for themselves seat covers from pelts.

1 Samuel 5:9 Cross References

Psalm 78:66

And He smote His adversaries backward, He put them to an everlasting reproach.

Amos 5:19

as when a man flees from a lion, and a bear shall meet him; or entered his house, rested his hand on the wall, and a serpent shall bite him.

Deuteronomy 2:15

“And also, the hand of יהוה  was against them, to destroy them from the midst of the camp until they were consumed.

1 Samuel 12:15

“But if you do not obey the voice of יהוה, and shall rebel against the command of יהוה, then the hand of יהוה  shall be against you, as it was against your fathers.

1 Samuel 5:10

They then sent the ark of Elohim to Eqron. And it came to be, as the ark of Elohim came to Eqron, that the Eqronites cried out, saying, “They have removed the ark of the Elohim of Yisra’ĕ

1 Samuel 5:11

And they sent and gathered together all the princes of the Philistines, and said, “Send away the ark of the Elohim of Yisra’ĕ

1 Samuel 5:6

But the hand of יהוה  was heavy on the Ashdoḏ

1 Samuel 6:11

And they put the ark of יהוה  on the wagon, and the chest with the gold rats and the images of their tumours.

1 Samuel 7:13

Thus the Philistines were humbled, and no longer came into the border of Yisra’ĕ