The 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

  1. 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.
  2. 5:6 Perhaps bubonic plague

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

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17 As 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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