1 Samuel 5:9

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

But after they had brought it around, the hand of the Lord was against the city, causing a very great panic, and he afflicted the men of the city, both young and old, so that tumors broke out upon them.

Cross References

Psalm 78:66

And he put his adversaries to rout; he put them to everlasting shame.

Amos 5:19

as if a man fled from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house and leaned with his hand against the wall, and a serpent bit him.

Deuteronomy 2:15

For indeed the hand of the Lord was against them, to destroy them from the camp, until they had perished.

1 Samuel 12:15

but if you will not hearken to 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 God to Ekron. But when the ark of God came to Ekron, the people of Ekron cried out, “They have brought around to us the ark of the God of Israel to slay 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 slay 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 afflicted them with tumors, both Ashdod and its territory.

1 Samuel 6:11

And they put the ark of the Lord on the cart, and the box with the golden 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. And the hand of the Lord was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.