Now (A)the hand of the Lord was heavy on the Ashdodites, and (B)He made them feel devastated and struck them with (C)tumors, both Ashdod and its territories.

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The Lord’s hand(A) was heavy on the people of Ashdod and its vicinity; he brought devastation(B) on them and afflicted them with tumors.[a](C)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 5:6 Hebrew; Septuagint and Vulgate tumors. And rats appeared in their land, and there was death and destruction throughout the city

After they had taken it away, (A)the hand of the Lord was against the city, creating a very great panic; and He struck the people of the city, from the young to the old, so that (B)tumors broke out on them.

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But after they had moved it, the Lord’s hand was against that city, throwing it into a great panic.(A) He afflicted the people of the city, both young and old, with an outbreak of tumors.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 5:9 Or with tumors in the groin (see Septuagint)