1 Samuel 5:9

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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.

Cross References

Psalm 78:66

And He smote His adversaries in the back [as they fled]; He put them to lasting shame and reproach.

Amos 5:19

It is as if a man fled from a lion and a bear met him, or went into the house and leaned with his hand against the wall and a serpent bit him.

Deuteronomy 2:15

Moreover the hand of the Lord was against them to exterminate them from the midst of the camp, until they were all gone.

1 Samuel 12:15

But if you will not hearken to the Lord's voice, but rebel against His commandment, then the hand of the Lord will be against you, as it was against your fathers.

1 Samuel 5:10

So they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And as [it] came, the people of Ekron cried out, They have brought the ark of the God of Israel to us to slay us and our people!

1 Samuel 5:11

So they sent and assembled all the lords of the Philistines and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel; let it return to its own place, that it may not slay us and our people. For there was a deadly panic throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.

1 Samuel 5:6

But the hand of the Lord was heavy upon the people of Ashdod, and He caused [mice to spring up and there was] very deadly destruction and He smote the people with [very painful] tumors or boils, both Ashdod and its territory.

1 Samuel 6:11

And they put the ark of the Lord on the cart and along with it the box with the mice of gold and the images of their tumors.

1 Samuel 7:13

So the Philistines were subdued and came no more into Israelite territory. And the hand of the Lord was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.