1 Samuel 5:9

New Living Translation

But when the Ark arrived at Gath, the Lord’s heavy hand fell on its men, young and old; he struck them with a plague of tumors, and there was a great panic.

Cross References

Psalm 78:66

He routed his enemies and sent them to eternal shame.

Amos 5:19

In that day you will be like a man who runs from a lion— only to meet a bear. Escaping from the bear, he leans his hand against a wall in his house— and he’s bitten by a snake.

Deuteronomy 2:15

The Lord struck them down until they had all been eliminated from the community.

1 Samuel 12:15

But if you rebel against the Lord’s commands and refuse to listen to him, then his hand will be as heavy upon you as it was upon your ancestors.

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 5:11

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.

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 6:11

Then the Ark of the Lord and the chest containing the gold rats and gold tumors were placed on the cart.

1 Samuel 7:13

So the Philistines were subdued and didn’t invade Israel again for some time. And throughout Samuel’s lifetime, the Lord’s powerful hand was raised against the Philistines.