1 Samuel 5:3

5:3 When the residents of Ashdod got up early the next day, ¹  Dagon was lying on the ground before the ark of the Lord. So they took Dagon and set him back in his place.

1 Samuel 5:6

5:6 The Lord attacked ²  the residents of Ashdod severely, bringing devastation on them. He struck the people of ³  both Ashdod and the surrounding area with sores. ⁴ 

1 Samuel 5:9

5:9 But after it had been moved the Lord attacked ⁵  that city as well, causing a great deal of panic. He struck all the people of that city ⁶  with sores. ⁷ 

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¹ tc The LXX adds “they entered the temple of Dagon and saw.”

² tn Heb “the hand of the Lord was heavy upon.”

³ tn The words “the people of” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

⁴ tc The LXX and Vulgate add the following: “And mice multiplied in their land, and the terror of death was throughout the entire city.”

tn Or “tumors” (so ASV, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT); NCV “growths on their skin”; KJV “emerods”; NAB “hemorrhoids.”

⁵ tn Heb “the hand of the Lord was against the city.”

⁶ tn Heb “and he struck the men of the city from small and to great.”

⁷ tn See the note on this term in v. 6. Cf. KJV “and they had emerods in their secret parts.”