1 Samuel 5:9

God's Word

But after they had moved it, the Lord threw the city into a great panic: He struck all the important and unimportant people in the city, and they were covered with tumors.

Cross References

Psalm 78:66

He struck his enemies from behind and disgraced them forever.

Amos 5:19

It is like a person who flees from a lion only to be attacked by a bear. It is like a person who goes home and puts his hand on the wall only to be bitten by a snake.

Deuteronomy 2:15

In fact, it was the Lord himself who got rid of all of them until none were left in the camp.

1 Samuel 12:15

But if you don’t obey the Lord, if you rebel against what he says, then the Lord will be against you as he was against your ancestors.

1 Samuel 5:10

So the people of Gath sent the ark of God to Ekron. But when the ark of God came to Ekron, the people of Ekron cried out, “They brought the ark of the God of Israel here to kill us.”

1 Samuel 5:11

They called together all the Philistine rulers. “Send the ark of the God of Israel away,” they said. “Let it go back to its own place so that it won’t kill us or our people.” There was a fear of death throughout the city, where God dealt ⌞with them⌟ very harshly.

1 Samuel 5:6

The Lord dealt harshly with the people of Ashdod. He destroyed them by striking the people in the vicinity of Ashdod with tumors.

1 Samuel 6:11

They put the ark of the Lord and the box containing the gold mice and the models of their hemorrhoids on the cart.

1 Samuel 7:13

The power of the Philistines was crushed, so they didn’t come into Israel’s territory again. The Lord restrained the Philistines as long as Samuel lived.