1 Samuel 5:9-11
Amplified Bible
9 But it happened that after they had taken it to Gath, the hand of the Lord was against the city, causing an extremely great panic [because of the deaths from the plague], for He struck the people of the city, both young and old, and tumors broke out on them. 10 So they sent the ark of God to [a]Ekron. And as the ark of God came to Ekron, the Ekronites cried out, “They have brought the ark of the God of Israel [from Gath] to [b]us, to kill us and [c]our people.” 11 So they sent word and gathered all the lords of the Philistines and said, “Send away the ark of the God of Israel; let it be returned to its own place, so that it will not kill us and our people.” For there was a deadly panic throughout the city; the hand of God was very heavy (severe) there.
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- 1 Samuel 5:10 A major Philistine city north of Ashdod and near the territory of Israel.
- 1 Samuel 5:10 Lit me.
- 1 Samuel 5:10 Lit my.
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