1 Samuel 5:6

5:6 The Lord attacked¹ the residents of Ashdod severely, bringing devastation on them. He struck the people of² both Ashdod and the surrounding area with sores.³

1 Samuel 5:12

5:12 The people⁴ who did not die were struck with sores; the city’s cry for help went all the way up to heaven.

1 Samuel 6:11

6:11 They put the ark of the Lord on the cart, along with the chest, the gold mice, and the images of the sores.

1 Samuel 5:9

5:9 But after it had been moved the Lord attacked⁵ that city as well, causing a great deal of panic. He struck all the people of that city⁶ with sores.⁷

1 Samuel 6:5

6:5 You should make images of the sores and images of the mice⁸ that are destroying the land. You should honor the God of Israel. Perhaps he will release his grip on you, your gods, and your land.⁹

1 Samuel 6:17

6:17 These are the gold sores that the Philistines brought as a guilt offering to the Lord – one for each of the following cities: Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron.

1 Samuel 6:4

6:4 They inquired, “What is the guilt offering that we should send to him?”

They replied, “The Philistine leaders number five. So send five gold sores and five gold mice, for it is the same plague that has afflicted both you and your leaders.

¹tn Heb “the hand of the Lord was heavy upon.”

²tn The words “the people of” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

³tc 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.”

⁴tn Heb “men.”

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

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

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

⁸tn Heb “your mice.” A Qumran ms has simply “the mice.”

⁹tn Heb “Perhaps he will lighten his hand from upon you and from upon your gods and from upon your land.”