1 Samuel 5:9

Good News Translation

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.

Cross References

Psalm 78:66

He drove his enemies back in lasting and shameful defeat.

Amos 5:19

It will be like someone who runs from a lion and meets a bear! Or like someone who comes home and puts his hand on the wall—only to be bitten by a snake!

Deuteronomy 2:15

The Lord kept on opposing them until he had destroyed them all.

1 Samuel 12:15

But if you do not listen to the Lord but disobey his commands, he will be against you and your king.

1 Samuel 5:10

So they sent the Covenant Box to Ekron, another Philistine city; but when it arrived there, the people cried out, “They have brought the Covenant Box of the God of Israel here, in order to kill us all!”

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 5:6

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 6:11

They put the Covenant Box in the wagon, together with the box containing the gold models of the mice and of the tumors.

1 Samuel 7:13

So the Philistines were defeated, and the Lord prevented them from invading Israel's territory as long as Samuel lived.