Discovery Box1 Samuel 5:3 
Context5:3 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
Context5:6 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
Context5:9 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
1 tc The LXX adds “they entered the temple of Dagon and saw.”
2 tn Heb “the hand of the
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
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.”
