1 Samuel 5:10-12

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹⁰ So they sent the ark of the God of Israel^[a] to Ekron. But when the ark of God came to Ekron, the people of Ekron cried out, “Why^[b] have they brought around to us^[c] the ark of the God of Israel to kill us^[d] and our^[e] people?” 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^[f] throughout the whole city. The hand of God was very heavy there; ¹² those who did not die were stricken with tumors, and the cry of the city went up to heaven.