1 Samuel 5:11

וַיִּשְׁלְחוּ וַיַּאַסְפוּ אֶת ־ כָּל ־ סַרְנֵי פְלִשְׁתִּים וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ שַׁלְּחוּ אֶת ־ אֲרוֹן אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְיָשֹׁב לִמְקֹמוֹ וְלֹֽא ־ יָמִית אֹתִי וְאֶת ־ עַמִּי כִּֽי ־ הָיְתָה מְהֽוּמַת ־ מָוֶת בְּכָל ־ הָעִיר כָּבְדָה מְאֹד יַד הָאֱלֹהִים שָֽׁם ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to his own place, that it slay us not, and our people: for there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.

In Context

10וַֽיְשַׁלְּחוּ אֶת ־ אֲרוֹן הָאֱלֹהִים עֶקְרוֹן וַיְהִי כְּבוֹא אֲרוֹן הָאֱלֹהִים עֶקְרוֹן וַיִּזְעֲקוּ הָֽעֶקְרֹנִים לֵאמֹר הֵסַבּוּ אֵלַי אֶת ־ אֲרוֹן אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לַהֲמִיתֵנִי וְאֶת ־ עַמִּֽי ׃

12וְהָֽאֲנָשִׁים אֲשֶׁר לֹא ־ מֵתוּ הֻכּוּ בעפלים וַתַּעַל שַֽׁוְעַת הָעִיר הַשָּׁמָֽיִם ׃

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Cross References

1 Samuel 5:6וַתִּכְבַּד יַד ־ יְהוָה אֶל ־ הָאַשְׁדּוֹדִים וַיְשִׁמֵּם וַיַּךְ אֹתָם בעפלים אֶת ־ אַשְׁדּוֹד וְאֶת ־ גְּבוּלֶֽיהָ ׃

Isaiah 13:7עַל ־ כֵּן כָּל ־ יָדַיִם תִּרְפֶּינָה וְכָל ־ לְבַב אֱנוֹשׁ יִמָּֽס ׃

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 5:7-12

The Distress of the Philistines. ( b. c. 1120.) 6 But the hand of the Lord was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them with emerods, even Ashdod and the coasts thereof. 7 And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us: for his hand is sore upon us, and upon Dagon our god. 8 They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines unto them, and said, What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel? And they… Read the whole commentary →

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