I Samuel 5:11
The Scripture
(11) So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to his own place, that it slay us not, and our people: for there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.
Chapter overview (whole chapter)
First Samuel 5 shows the consequences of the captured ark of God in Philistia: when they set it beside Dagon in his temple at Ashdod, the idol falls face down before the ark, and the next day its head and hands are cut off on the threshold. The Lord afflicts the people of Ashdod, then Gath, and then Ekron with a deadly destruction and tumors so severe they cry out to send the ark away. Recognizing that the hand of God was very heavy upon them, the Philistines determine they must return the ark of the God of Israel to its own place.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Isaiah 13:7Isaiah 13:8Isaiah 13:9Jeremiah 48:42Jeremiah 48:43Jeremiah 48:44I Samuel 5:6I Samuel 5:9
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