1 Samuel 5:11

New Living Translation

The people summoned the Philistine rulers again and begged them, “Please send the Ark of the God of Israel back to its own country, or it will kill us all.” For the deadly plague from God had already begun, and great fear was sweeping across the town.

Cross References

Exodus 10:7

Pharaoh’s officials now came to Pharaoh and appealed to him. “How long will you let this man hold us hostage? Let the men go to worship the Lord their God! Don’t you realize that Egypt lies in ruins?”

1 Samuel 5:10

So they sent the Ark of God to the town of Ekron, but when the people of Ekron saw it coming they cried out, “They are bringing the Ark of the God of Israel here to kill us, too!”

1 Samuel 5:6

Then the Lord’s heavy hand struck the people of Ashdod and the nearby villages with a plague of tumors.

1 Samuel 6:5

Make these things to show honor to the God of Israel. Perhaps then he will stop afflicting you, your gods, and your land.