1Sa 5:6, 6:4-5, 11, 15, 17 | ESV | STEP | The hand of the Lord was heavy against the people of Ashdod , and he terrified and afflicted them with tumors, both Ashdod and its territory .

a[Ex. 9:3; Ps. 32:4; Acts 13:11]

b ch. 6:5

c ch. 5:6, 9, 12

d ver. 17, 18; Josh. 13:3; Judg. 3:3

e[See ver. 4 above]

f[Josh. 7:19]

g[ch. 5:6, 9, 11]

h ch. 5:3, 4, 7

i[See ver. 14 above]

j[See ver. 12 above]

k ver. 3, 8

1 Samuel 5:6

6 ^aThe hand of the Lord was heavy against the people of Ashdod, and he terrified and afflicted them with ^btumors, both Ashdod and its territory.

1 Samuel 6:4-5

4 And they said, “What is the guilt offering that we shall return to him?” They answered, “Five golden ^ctumors and five golden mice, ^daccording to the number of the lords of the Philistines, for the same plague was on all of you and on your lords. 5 So you must make images of your ^etumors and images of your mice that ravage the land, ^fand give glory to the God of Israel. Perhaps ^ghe will lighten his hand from off you ^hand your gods and your land.

1 Samuel 6:11

11 And they put the ark of the Lord on the cart and the box with the golden mice and the images of their tumors.

1 Samuel 6:15

15 And the Levites took down the ark of the Lord and the box that was beside it, in which were the golden figures, and set them upon ⁱthe great stone. And the men of ^jBeth-shemesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices on that day to the Lord.

1 Samuel 6:17

17 These are the golden tumors that the Philistines returned as a ^kguilt offering to the Lord: one for Ashdod, one for Gaza, one for Ashkelon, one for Gath, one for Ekron,