1 Samuel 5:9

Translations

Modern

But after they had moved the ark to Gath, the LORD’s hand was also against that city, throwing it into great confusion and afflicting the men of the city, both young and old, with an outbreak of tumors.

Traditional

And it was so, that, after they had carried it about, the hand of the Lord was against the city with a very great destruction: and he smote the men of the city, both small and great, and they had emerods in their secret parts.

Literal

And it came to pass, after they had carried it away, that the hand of YHWH was against the city with a very great destruction, and He struck the men of the city from small and to great, and tumors broke forth on them.

Latin

Illis autem circumducentibus eam, fiebat manus Domini per singulas civitates interfectionis magnæ nimis: et percutiebat viros uniuscujusque urbis, a parvo usque ad majorem, et computrescebant prominentes extales eorum. Inieruntque Gethæi consilium, et fecerunt sibi sedes pelliceas.

Original

Hebrew

English

But after they had moved the ark to Gath, the LORD’s hand was also against that city, throwing it into great confusion and afflicting the men of the city, both young and old, with an outbreak of tumors.

Notes

1 Samuel 5:9

God often caused great panic to disable and overpower Israel's enemies (1 Samuel 14:15, 20; Deuteronomy 7:23; Ezekiel 22:5; Amos 3:9).

Theme notes and profiles

The Philistines Canaanite Religion The Ark of the Covenant

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1 Samuel 5:6
Now the hand of the LORD was heavy on the people of Ashdod and its vicinity, ravaging them and afflicting them with tumors.
Deuteronomy 2:15
Indeed, the LORD’s hand was against them, to eliminate them from the camp, until they had all perished.
1 Samuel 7:13
So the Philistines were subdued, and they stopped invading the territory of Israel. And the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.
1 Samuel 12:15
But if you disobey the LORD and rebel against His command, then the hand of the LORD will be against you as it was against your fathers.
Psalm 78:66
He beat back His foes; He put them to everlasting shame.
1 Samuel 5:11
Then the Ekronites called together all the rulers of the Philistines and said, “Send away the ark of the God of Israel. It must return to its place, so that it will not kill us and our people!” For a deadly confusion had pervaded the city; the hand of God was very heavy upon it.
1 Samuel 6:4–5
“What guilt offering should we send back to Him?” asked the Philistines. “Five gold tumors and five gold rats,” they said, “according to the number of rulers of the Philistines, since the same plague has struck both you and your rulers.
Amos 9:1–4
I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said: “Strike the tops of the pillars so that the thresholds shake. Topple them on the heads of all the people, and I will kill the rest with the sword. None of those who flee will get away; none of the fugitives will escape.
1 Samuel 6:11
Then they put the ark of the LORD on the cart, along with the chest containing the gold rats and the images of the tumors.
Amos 5:19
It will be like a man who flees from a lion, only to encounter a bear, or who enters his house and rests his hand against the wall, only to be bitten by a snake.

Glossary

Ark of the Covenant Ashdod, Ashdodite, Ashdothite Ashkelon Ekron, Ekronites Emerod Philistia, Philistines Plague Samuel (Person) Samuel, Books of First and Second Tumor

Topics

Ark of the Covenant: Miracles Connected With: Philistines Plagued Boil of the Philistines (Rv , Tumors) Miracles: Catalogue of The Plague of Hemorrhoids on the Philistines The Philistines: Plagued for Retaining the Ark Tumor: A Morbid Swelling (Rv)

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