1 Samuel 5:7

5:7 When the people ¹  of Ashdod saw what was happening, they said, “The ark of the God of Israel should not remain with us, for he has attacked ²  both us and our god Dagon!”

1 Samuel 5:11

5:11 So they assembled ³  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 ⁴  and our ⁵  people!” The terror ⁶  of death was throughout the entire city; God was attacking them very severely there. ⁷ 

1 Samuel 6:9

6:9 But keep an eye on it. If it should go up by the way of its own border to Beth Shemesh, then he has brought this great calamity on us. But if that is not the case, then we will know that it was not his hand that struck us; rather, it just happened to us by accident.”

[5:7]  ¹ tn Heb “men.”

[5:7]  ² tn Heb “for his hand is severe upon.”

[5:11]  ³ tn Heb “and they sent and gathered.”

[5:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “me.”

[5:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “my.”

[5:11]  ⁶ tn Or “panic.”

[5:11]  ⁷ tn Heb “the hand of God was very heavy there.”