1 Samuel 5:9

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.

And it was so, that, after {H310} they had carried it about {H5437}, the hand {H3027} of the LORD {H3068} was against the city {H5892} with a very {H3966} great {H1419} destruction {H4103}: and he smote {H5221} the men {H582} of the city {H5892}, both small {H6996} and great {H1419}, and they had emerods {H2914}{H6076} in their secret parts {H8368}.

But after it arrived there, ADONAI oppressed that city, causing terrible panic. He struck the people of the city, great and small alike; tumors broke out on them.

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.

And it was so, that, after they had carried it about, the hand of Jehovah was against the city with a very great discomfiture: and he smote the men of the city, both small and great; and tumors brake out upon them.

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Cross-References

  • 1 Samuel 5:6 (7 votes)

    ¶ 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.

  • 1 Samuel 7:13 (6 votes)

    ¶ So the Philistines were subdued, and they came no more into the coast of Israel: and the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.

  • Deuteronomy 2:15 (6 votes)

    For indeed the hand of the LORD was against them, to destroy them from among the host, until they were consumed.

  • 1 Samuel 12:15 (5 votes)

    But if ye will not obey the voice of the LORD, but rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall the hand of the LORD be against you, as [it was] against your fathers.

  • Psalms 78:66 (4 votes)

    And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual reproach.

  • 1 Samuel 6:11 (2 votes)

    And they laid the ark of the LORD upon the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their emerods.

  • Amos 9:1 (2 votes)

    ¶ I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered.