1 Samuel 5:9

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

But after they had brought it to Gath, the hand of the Lord was against the city, causing a very great panic; he struck the inhabitants of the city, both young and old, so that tumors broke out on them.

Cross References

Psalm 78:66

He put his adversaries to rout; he put them to everlasting disgrace.

Amos 5:19

as if someone fled from a lion and was met by a bear or went into the house and rested a hand against the wall and was bitten by a snake.

Deuteronomy 2:15

Indeed, the Lord’s own hand was against them, to root them out from the camp, until all had perished.

1 Samuel 12:15

but if you will not heed the voice of the Lord but rebel against the commandment of the Lord, then the hand of the Lord will be against you and your king.

1 Samuel 5:10

So they sent the ark of the God of Israel to Ekron. But when the ark of God came to Ekron, the people of Ekron cried out, “Why have they brought around to us the ark of the God of Israel to kill us and our people?”

1 Samuel 5:11

They sent therefore and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines and said, “Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it return to its own place, that it may not kill us and our people.” For there was a deathly panic throughout the whole city. The hand of God was very heavy there;

1 Samuel 5:6

The hand of the Lord was heavy upon the people of Ashdod, and he terrified and struck them with tumors, both in Ashdod and in its territory.

1 Samuel 6:11

They put the ark of the Lord on the cart and the box with the gold mice and the images of their tumors.

1 Samuel 7:13

So the Philistines were subdued and did not again enter the territory of Israel; the hand of the Lord was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.