1 Samuel 5:11-12

EasyEnglish Bible

¹¹ So they called the Philistine rulers to meet together. Ekron's people said to them, ‘Take away the Covenant Box of Israel's God! Send it back to its proper place. If you leave it here, it will kill us and all our families.’

All the people in the town were afraid of death. God had already started to punish them a lot. ¹² Many people had already died. All the other people in the town had tumours on their bodies. So they cried loudly up to the skies for help.