1 Samuel 5:8-12

8 So they called together all the rulers of the Philistines and asked them, “What shall we do with the ark of the god of Israel?” They answered, “Have the ark of the god of Israel moved to Gath.” So they moved the ark of the God of Israel.

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

10 So they sent the ark of God to Ekron. As the ark of God was entering Ekron, the people of Ekron cried out, “They have brought the ark of the god of Israel around to us to kill us and our people.”

11 So they called together all the rulers of the Philistines and said, “Send the ark of the god of Israel away; let it go back to its own place, or it^[b] will kill us and our people.” For death had filled the city with panic; God’s hand was very heavy on it.

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

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1 Samuel 5:8-12 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO FIRST SAMUEL 5

This chapter relates how that the ark being brought by the Philistines to Ashdod, and placed in the temple of their idol, that fell down before it, 1Sa 5:1-5, that the hand of the Lord was upon the men of Ashdod, and smote them with emerods, 1Sa 5:6,7 and being carried to Gath, the men of Gath were smitten likewise with the same, 1Sa 5:8,9, and after that the men of Ekron, whither it also was carried, 1Sa 5:10-12.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 6

1. S Judges 16:18
2. ver 11; S Joshua 11:22
3. S Exodus 14:24; ver 6,11; Deuteronomy 2:15; 1 Samuel 7:13; Psalms 78:66
4. S Joshua 13:3
5. ver 8; ver 6,8-9
6. S 1 Samuel 4:8

Footnotes 2

[a]. Or "with tumors in the groin" (see Septuagint)
[b]. Or "he"

1 Samuel 5:8-12

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1 Samuel 5:8-12 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO FIRST SAMUEL 5

Cross References 6

Footnotes 2