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