1 Samuel 5:7

Good News Translation

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.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 6:9

Then David was afraid of the Lord and said, “How can I take the Covenant Box with me now?”

1 Chronicles 15:13

Because you were not there to carry it the first time, the Lord our God punished us for not worshiping him as we should have done.”

Exodus 10:7

The king's officials said to him, “How long is this man going to give us trouble? Let the Israelite men go, so that they can worship the Lord their God. Don't you realize that Egypt is ruined?”

Exodus 12:33

The Egyptians urged the people to hurry and leave the country; they said, “We will all be dead if you don't leave.”

Exodus 8:28

The king said, “I will let you go to sacrifice to the Lord, your God, in the desert, if you do not go very far. Pray for me.”

Exodus 8:8

The king called for Moses and Aaron and said, “Pray to the Lord to take away these frogs, and I will let your people go, so that they can offer sacrifices to the Lord.”

Exodus 9:28

Pray to the Lord! We have had enough of this thunder and hail! I promise to let you go; you don't have to stay here any longer.”

Jeremiah 46:25

The Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says, “I am going to punish Amon, the god of Thebes, together with Egypt and its gods and kings. I am going to take the king of Egypt and all who put their trust in him,

Jeremiah 48:7

“Moab, you trusted in your strength and your wealth, but now even you will be conquered; your god Chemosh will go into exile, along with his princes and priests.

1 Samuel 4:8

Who can save us from those powerful gods? They are the gods who slaughtered the Egyptians in the desert!

1 Samuel 5:6

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.

1 Samuel 5:8

So they sent messengers and called together all five of the Philistine kings and asked them, “What shall we do with the Covenant Box of the God of Israel?” “Take it over to Gath,” they answered; so they took it to Gath, another Philistine city.

1 Samuel 6:20

So the men of Beth Shemesh said, “Who can stand before the Lord, this holy God? Where can we send him to get him away from us?”