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1 Samuel 5:12

10 So they sent the ark of God to Ekron, but as it arrived, the Ekronites cried out, “They have brought us the ark of the God of Israel in order to kill us and our people!”

11 Then the Ekronites assembled all the rulers of the Philistines and said, “Send away the ark of the God of Israel. It must return to its place, so that it will not kill us and our people!” For a deadly confusion had pervaded the city; the hand of God was heavy upon it.

Those who did not die were afflicted with tumors, and the outcry of the city went up to heaven.
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BSB
Those who did not die were afflicted with tumors, and the outcry of the city went up to heaven.
KJV
And the men that died not were smitten with the emerods: and the cry of the city went up to heaven.
WEB
The men who didn’t die were struck with the tumors; and the cry of the city went up to heaven.
ASV
And the men that died not were smitten with the tumors; and the cry of the city went up to heaven.
DARBY
and the men that died not were smitten with the hemorrhoids; and the cry of the city went up to heaven.
BLB
And the men who did not die were stricken with tumors, and the cry of the city went up to the heavens.
ÅB
De menn som ikke døde, ble slått med bylder, og skriket fra byen steg opp til himmelen.
OTB
De som overlevde, ble plaget med svulster, og byens rop steg opp til himmelen.
B1930
De menn som ikke døde, blev slått med bylder, og skriket fra byen steg op til himmelen.

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Cross references

  • Exodus 12:30

    During the night Pharaoh got up—he and all his officials and all the Egyptians—and there was loud wailing in Egypt; for there was no house without someone dead.

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  • Amos 5:19

    It will be like a man who flees from a lion, only to encounter a bear, or who enters his house and rests his hand against the wall, only to be bitten by a snake.

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  • Jeremiah 14:2

    “Judah mourns and her gates languish. Her people wail for the land, and a cry goes up from Jerusalem.

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  • 1 Kings 19:17

    Then Jehu will put to death whoever escapes the sword of Hazael, and Elisha will put to death whoever escapes the sword of Jehu.

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  • 1 Samuel 9:16

    “At this time tomorrow I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you are to anoint him leader over My people Israel; he will save them from the hand of the Philistines. For I have looked upon My people, because their cry has come to Me.”

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  • Jeremiah 25:34

    Wail, you shepherds, and cry out; roll in the dust, you leaders of the flock. For the days of your slaughter have come; you will fall and be shattered like fine pottery.

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  • Isaiah 15:3–5

    In its streets they wear sackcloth; on the rooftops and in the public squares they all wail, falling down weeping.

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  • Jeremiah 48:3

    A voice cries out from Horonaim: ‘Devastation and great destruction!’

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