1 Samuel 5:6 — The Lord punished the people of Ashdod and its surrounding area, devastating th… — FBV | maBible
Read 1 Samuel 5:6 (Free Bible Version) on maBible, the Bible online. Other reference formats: 1 Samuel 5.6, 1 Samuel 5v6, 1S. 5:6. The Lord punished the people of Ashdod and its surrounding area, devastating them and plaguing them with swellings.
Other reference formats: 1 Samuel 5.6, 1 Samuel 5v6, 1S. 5:6.
6 The Lord punished the people of Ashdod and its surrounding area, devastating them and plaguing them with swellings.
Notes and references
“The Lord punished”: literally, “The hand of the Lord was heavy.”
Some think these “swellings” or “tumors” were related to bubonic plague. The Septuagint adds at the end of this verse, “and rats swarmed throughout the land, and there was death and destruction in the town.”