Discovery Box1 Samuel 5:8-11 
Context5:8 So they assembled 1 all the leaders of the Philistines and asked, “What should we do with the ark of the God of Israel?” They replied, “The ark of the God of Israel should be moved to Gath.” So they moved the ark of the God of Israel.
5:9 But after it had been moved the Lord attacked 2 that city as well, causing a great deal of panic. He struck all the people of that city 3 with sores. 4 5:10 So they sent the ark of God to Ekron.
But when the ark of God arrived at Ekron, the residents of Ekron cried out saying, “They have brought the ark of the God of Israel here 5 to kill our 6 people!” 5:11 So they assembled 7 all the leaders of the Philistines and said, “Get the ark of the God of Israel out of here! Let it go back to its own place so that it won’t kill us 8 and our 9 people!” The terror 10 of death was throughout the entire city; God was attacking them very severely there. 11
1 tn Heb “and they sent and gathered.”
2 tn Heb “the hand of the
3 tn Heb “and he struck the men of the city from small and to great.”
4 tn See the note on this term in v. 6. Cf. KJV “and they had emerods in their secret parts.”
5 tn Heb “to me.”
6 tn Heb “my.”
7 tn Heb “and they sent and gathered.”
8 tn Heb “me.”
9 tn Heb “my.”
10 tn Or “panic.”
11 tn Heb “the hand of God was very heavy there.”
