1 Samuel 5:8-12

⁸So they called together all the rulers of the Philistines and asked, “What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel?” “It must be moved to Gath,” they replied. So they carried away the ark of the God of Israel.

⁹But 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.

¹⁰So they sent the ark of God to Ekron, but as it arrived, the Ekronites cried out, “They have brought us the ark of the God of Israel in order to kill us and our people!”

¹¹Then the Ekronites assembled all the rulers of the Philistines and said, “Send away the ark of the God of Israel. It must return to its place, so that it will not kill us and our people!” For a deadly confusion had pervaded the city; the hand of God was heavy upon it.

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

— 1 Samuel 5:8-12

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Cross References for 1 Samuel 5:8-12

• 1 Samuel 5:6
• Deuteronomy 2:15
• 1 Samuel 7:13
• Amos 5:19
• Exodus 12:30
• 1 Samuel 12:15
• Amos 1:8
• 1 Samuel 5:11
• Psalm 78:66
• 1 Samuel 9:16

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