1 Samuel 5:6

Good News Translation

The Lord punished the people of Ashdod severely and terrified them. He punished them and the people in the surrounding territory by causing them to have tumors.

Cross References

Genesis 41:31

The time of plenty will be entirely forgotten, because the famine which follows will be so terrible.

Job 31:3

He sends disaster and ruin to those who do wrong.

Psalm 145:20

He protects everyone who loves him, but he will destroy the wicked.

Psalm 147:6

He raises the humble, but crushes the wicked to the ground.

Psalm 32:4

Day and night you punished me, Lord; my strength was completely drained, as moisture is dried up by the summer heat.

Psalm 78:66

He drove his enemies back in lasting and shameful defeat.

Exodus 9:3

I will punish you by sending a terrible disease on all your animals—your horses, donkeys, camels, cattle, sheep, and goats.

Acts 13:11

The Lord's hand will come down on you now; you will be blind and will not see the light of day for a time.” At once Elymas felt a dark mist cover his eyes, and he walked around trying to find someone to lead him by the hand.

Deuteronomy 28:27

The Lord will send boils on you, as he did on the Egyptians. He will make your bodies break out with sores. You will be covered with scabs, and you will itch, but there will be no cure.

1 Samuel 5:11

So again they sent for all the Philistine kings and said, “Send the Covenant Box of Israel back to its own place, so that it won't kill us and our families.” There was panic throughout the city because God was punishing them so severely.

1 Samuel 5:7

When they saw what was happening, they said, “The God of Israel is punishing us and our god Dagon. We can't let the Covenant Box stay here any longer.”

1 Samuel 5:9

But after it arrived there, the Lord punished that city too and caused a great panic. He punished them with tumors which developed in all the people of the city, young and old alike.