1 Samuel 5:6

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⁶The Lord’s hand was heavy on the people of Ashdod.^(A) He terrified^(B) the people of Ashdod and its territory and afflicted them with tumors.^[a]^[b]^(C)

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Footnotes

5:6 LXX adds He brought up mice against them, and they swarmed in their ships. Then mice went up into the land and there was a mortal panic in the city.
5:6 Perhaps bubonic plague

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1 Samuel 5:9

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⁹After they had moved it, the Lord’s hand was against the city of Gath,^(A) causing a great panic. He afflicted the people of the city, from the youngest to the oldest, with an outbreak of tumors.^(B)

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1 Samuel 5:12

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¹²Those who did not die were afflicted with tumors, and the outcry of the city went up to heaven.^(A)

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1 Samuel 6:17

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¹⁷As a guilt offering to the Lord, the Philistines had sent back one gold tumor for each city:^(A) Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron.

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