1 Samuel 5:9

New Century Version

But after they moved it to Gath, there was a great panic. The Lord was hard on that city also, and he gave both old and young people in Gath growths on their skin.

Cross References

Psalm 78:66

He struck down his enemies and disgraced them forever.

Amos 5:19

It will be like someone who runs from a lion and meets a bear, or like someone who goes into his house and puts his hand on the wall, and then is bitten by a snake.

Deuteronomy 2:15

The Lord continued to work against them to remove them from the camp until they were all dead.

1 Samuel 12:15

But if you don’t obey the Lord, and if you turn against his commands, he will be against you. He will do to you what he did to your ancestors.

1 Samuel 5:10

Then the Philistines sent the Ark of God to Ekron. But when it came into Ekron, the people of Ekron yelled, “Why are you bringing the Ark of the God of Israel to our city? Do you want to kill us and our people?”

1 Samuel 5:11

So they called all the kings of the Philistines together and said, “Send the Ark of the God of Israel back to its place before it kills us and our people!” All the people in the city were struck with terror because God was so hard on them there.

1 Samuel 5:6

The Lord was hard on the people of Ashdod and their neighbors. He caused them to suffer and gave them growths on their skin.

1 Samuel 6:11

They put the Ark of the Lord and the box with the gold rats and models of growths on the cart.

1 Samuel 7:13

So the Philistines were defeated and did not enter the Israelites’ land again. The Lord was against the Philistines all Samuel’s life.