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The hand of God was very heavy there. <a href="/bsb/1_samuel/5.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Then the Ekronites called together 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 very heavy upon it. <a href="/kjv/1_samuel/5.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/1_samuel/5.htm">New King James Version</a> 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 back to its own place, so that it does not kill us and our people.” For there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there. <a href="/nasb_/1_samuel/5.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Therefore they sent word and gathered all the governors of the Philistines, and said, “Send away the ark of the God of Israel and let it return to its own place, so that it will not kill us and our people!” For there was a deadly panic throughout the city; the hand of God was very heavy there. <a href="/nasb/1_samuel/5.htm">NASB 1995</a> They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines and said, &#8220Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it return to its own place, so that it will not kill us and our people.&#8221 For there was a deadly confusion throughout the city; the hand of God was very heavy there. <a href="/nasb77/1_samuel/5.htm">NASB 1977 </a> They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines and said, “Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it return to its own place, that it may not kill us and our people.” For there was a deadly confusion throughout the city; the hand of God was very heavy there. <a href="/lsb/1_samuel/5.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines and said, “Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it return to its own place, so that it will not put us and our people to death.” For there was a deadly confusion throughout the city; the hand of God was very glorious there. <a href="/amp/1_samuel/5.htm">Amplified Bible</a> So they sent word and gathered all the lords of the Philistines and said, “Send away the ark of the God of Israel; let it be returned to its own place, so that it will not kill us and our people.” For there was a deadly panic throughout the city; the hand of God was very heavy (severe) there. <a href="/csb/1_samuel/5.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> The Ekronites called all the Philistine rulers together. They said, “Send the ark of Israel’s God away. Let it return to its place so it won’t kill us and our people! ” For the fear of death pervaded the city; God’s hand was oppressing them. <a href="/hcsb/1_samuel/5.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> The Ekronites called all the Philistine rulers together. They said, &#8220Send the ark of Israel&#8217s God away. It must return to its place so it won&#8217t kill us and our people!&#8221 For the fear of death pervaded the city; God&#8217s hand was oppressing them. <a href="/asv/1_samuel/5.htm">American Standard Version</a> They sent therefore and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and they said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to its own place, that it slay us not, and our people. For there was a deadly discomfiture throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there. <a href="/cev/1_samuel/5.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> The people of Ekron called for another meeting of the Philistine rulers and told them, "Send this chest back where it belongs. Then it won't kill us." Everyone was in a panic, because God was causing a lot of people to die, <a href="/erv/1_samuel/5.htm">English Revised Version</a> They sent therefore and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and they said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to its own place, that it slay us not, and our people: for there was a deadly discomfiture throughout all the city, the hand of God was very heavy there. <a href="/gwt/1_samuel/5.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> They called together all the Philistine rulers. "Send the ark of the God of Israel away," they said. "Let it go back to its own place so that it won't kill us or our people." There was a fear of death throughout the city, where God dealt [with them] very harshly. <a href="/gnt/1_samuel/5.htm">Good News Translation</a> So again they sent for all the Philistine kings and said, "Send the Covenant Box of Israel back to its own place, so that it won't kill us and our families." There was panic throughout the city because God was punishing them so severely. <a href="/isv/1_samuel/5.htm">International Standard Version</a> They sent messengers and gathered together all the Philistine lords: "Send away the Ark of the God of Israel, and let it return to where it belongs so that it does not kill us and our people." Meanwhile, a deadly panic had spread all over the town, and God kept on pressuring them there. <a href="/msb/1_samuel/5.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Then the Ekronites called together 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 very heavy upon it. <a href="/net/1_samuel/5.htm">NET Bible</a> So they assembled 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 and our people!" The terror of death was throughout the entire city; God was attacking them very severely there. <a href="/nheb/1_samuel/5.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> And they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and they said, "Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to its own place, so that it will not kill us and our people." For there was a panic throughout all the city when the ark of God arrived there. <a href="/wbt/1_samuel/5.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> So they sent and convened all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to its 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. <a href="/web/1_samuel/5.htm">World English Bible</a> They sent therefore and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and they said, “Send the ark of the God of Israel away, and let it go again to its own place, that it not kill us and our people.” For there was a deadly panic throughout all the city. The hand of God was very heavy there. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/1_samuel/5.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And they send and gather all the princes of the Philistines, and say, “Send the Ark of the God of Israel away, and it turns back to its place, and it does not put us and our people to death”; for there has been a deadly destruction throughout all the city, the hand of God has been very heavy there, <a href="/ylt/1_samuel/5.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And they send and gather all the princes of the Philistines, and say, 'Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and it turneth back to its place, and it doth not put us to death -- and our people;' for there hath been a deadly destruction throughout all the city, very heavy hath the hand of God been there, <a href="/slt/1_samuel/5.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And they will send and gather all the princes of Philisteim, and they will say, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and it shall turn back to its place, and it shall not slay me and my people: for the consternation of death was in all the city; the hand of God was greatly heavy there.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/1_samuel/5.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> They sent therefore and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines: and they said: Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it return into its own place, and not kill us and our people. <a href="/cpdv/1_samuel/5.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And so they sent and gathered together all the princes of the Philistines, and they said: “Release the ark of the God of Israel, and return it to its own place. And let it not kill us, with our people.” <a href="/nabre/1_samuel/5.htm">New American Bible</a> Then they, too, sent a summons to all the Philistine leaders and pleaded: “Send away the ark of the God of Israel. Send it back to its place so it does not kill us and our kindred.” A deadly panic had seized the whole city, since the hand of God lay heavy upon it. <a href="/nrsvce/1_samuel/5.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> They sent therefore and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, “Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it return to its own place, that it may not kill us and our people.” For there was a deathly panic throughout the whole city. The hand of God was very heavy there;<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/1_samuel/5.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> 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 return to its own place, that it may not slay us and our people. For the fear of death caused a panic that spread throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there. <a href="/hpbt/1_samuel/5.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And they sent and they gathered all the Tyrants of the Philistines and they said: “Send the Ark of God of Israel and return it to its place, that it will not kill us and our people!”, because the danger of death was in all the city and the hand of God was very severe there<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/1_samuel/5.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> They sent therefore and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and they said: 'Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go back to its own place, that it slay us not, and our people'; for there was a deadly discomfiture throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there. <a href="/sep/1_samuel/5.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And they send and gather the lords of the Philistines, and they said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it lodge in its place; and let it not slay us and our people. <a href="/parallel/1_samuel/5-11.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/H8oQfYUMRZg?start=1328" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/1_samuel/5.htm">The Ark Afflicts the Philistines</a> …10So 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<a href="/hebrew/7971.htm" title="7971: way·yiš·lə·ḥū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To send. A primitive root; to send away, for, or out."></a> <a href="/hebrew/622.htm" title="622: way·ya·’as·p̄ū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To gather, remove. A primitive root; to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. Remove.">Then the Ekronites assembled</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/5633.htm" title="5633: sar·nê (N-mpc) -- An axle, a peer. From an unused root of uncertain meaning; an axle; figuratively, a peer.">the rulers</a> <a href="/hebrew/6430.htm" title="6430: p̄ə·liš·tîm (N-proper-mp) -- Inhab. of Philistia. Patrial from Plesheth; a Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth.">of the Philistines</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: way·yō·mə·rū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">and said,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7971.htm" title="7971: šal·lə·ḥū (V-Piel-Imp-mp) -- To send. A primitive root; to send away, for, or out.">“Send away</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/727.htm" title="727: ’ă·rō·wn (N-csc) -- A chest, ark. Or laron; from 'arah; a box.">the ark</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hê (N-mpc) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">of the God</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">of Israel.</a> <a href="/hebrew/7725.htm" title="7725: wə·yā·šōḇ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjImperf.Jus-3ms) -- A primitive root; to turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively; generally to retreat; often adverbial, again.">It must return</a> <a href="/hebrew/4725.htm" title="4725: lim·qō·mōw (Prep-l:: N-msc:: 3ms) -- Or maqom; also mqowmah; or mqomah; from quwm; properly, a standing, i.e. A spot; but used widely of a locality; also of a condition.">to its place,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō- (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">so that it will not</a> <a href="/hebrew/4191.htm" title="4191: yā·mîṯ (V-Hifil-Imperf-3ms) -- To die. A primitive root: to die; causatively, to kill.">kill</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·ṯî (DirObjM:: 1cs) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">us</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: ‘am·mî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">and our people!”</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/4194.htm" title="4194: mā·weṯ (N-ms) -- Death. From muwth; death; concretely, the dead, their place or state; figuratively, pestilence, ruin.">a deadly</a> <a href="/hebrew/4103.htm" title="4103: mə·hū·maṯ- (N-fsc) -- Tumult, confusion, disquietude, discomfiture. From huwm; confusion or uproar.">confusion</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: hā·yə·ṯāh (V-Qal-Perf-3fs) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">had pervaded</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: bə·ḵāl (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5892.htm" title="5892: hā·‘îr (Art:: N-fs) -- Excitement. Or par; or ayar; from uwr a city in the widest sense.">the city;</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: yaḏ (N-fsc) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">the hand</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">of God</a> <a href="/hebrew/3513.htm" title="3513: kā·ḇə·ḏāh (V-Qal-Perf-3fs) -- Or kabed; a primitive root; to be heavy, i.e. In a bad sense or in a good sense (in the same two senses).">was heavy</a> <a href="/hebrew/3966.htm" title="3966: mə·’ōḏ (Adv) -- Muchness, force, abundance. From the same as 'uwd; properly, vehemence, i.e. vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8033.htm" title="8033: šām (Adv) -- There, thither. A primitive particle; there then; often thither, or thence.">upon it.</a> 12Those who did not die were afflicted with tumors, and the outcry of the city went up to heaven.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/exodus/9-3.htm">Exodus 9:3-6</a> then the hand of the LORD will bring a severe plague on your livestock in the field—on your horses, donkeys, camels, herds, and flocks. / But the LORD will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt, so that no animal belonging to the Israelites will die.’” / The LORD set a time, saying, “Tomorrow the LORD will do this in the land.” ... <a href="/exodus/12-29.htm">Exodus 12:29-30</a> Now at midnight the LORD struck down every firstborn male in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on his throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner in the dungeon, as well as all the firstborn among the livestock. / 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. <a href="/1_samuel/6-5.htm">1 Samuel 6:5</a> Make images of your tumors and of the rats that are ravaging the land. Give glory to the God of Israel, and perhaps He will lift His hand from you and your gods and your land. <a href="/1_samuel/4-7.htm">1 Samuel 4:7-8</a> the Philistines were afraid. “The gods have entered their camp!” they said. “Woe to us, for nothing like this has happened before. / Woe to us! Who will deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods? These are the gods who struck the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues in the wilderness. <a href="/2_samuel/6-9.htm">2 Samuel 6:9-12</a> That day David feared the LORD and asked, “How can the ark of the LORD ever come to me?” / So he was unwilling to move the ark of the LORD to the City of David; instead, he took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite. / Thus the ark of the LORD remained in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite for three months, and the LORD blessed him and all his household. ... <a href="/1_chronicles/13-11.htm">1 Chronicles 13:11-14</a> Then David became angry because the LORD had burst forth against Uzzah. So he named that place Perez-uzzah, as it is called to this day. / That day David feared God and asked, “How can I ever bring the ark of God to me?” / So he did not move the ark with him to the City of David; instead, he took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite. ... <a href="/1_chronicles/15-13.htm">1 Chronicles 15:13-15</a> It was because you Levites were not with us the first time that the LORD our God burst forth in anger against us. For we did not consult Him about the proper order.” / So the priests and Levites consecrated themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel. / And the Levites carried the ark of God on their shoulders with the poles, as Moses had commanded in accordance with the word of the LORD. <a href="/isaiah/45-7.htm">Isaiah 45:7</a> I form the light and create the darkness; I bring prosperity and create calamity. I, the LORD, do all these things. <a href="/jeremiah/25-29.htm">Jeremiah 25:29</a> For behold, I am beginning to bring disaster on the city that bears My Name, so how could you possibly go unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for I am calling down a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, declares the LORD of Hosts.’ <a href="/ezekiel/7-3.htm">Ezekiel 7:3-4</a> The end is now upon you, and I will unleash My anger against you. I will judge you according to your ways and repay you for all your abominations. / I will not look on you with pity, nor will I spare you, but I will punish you for your ways and for the abominations among you. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’ <a href="/amos/3-6.htm">Amos 3:6</a> If a ram’s horn sounds in a city, do the people not tremble? If calamity comes to a city, has not the LORD caused it? <a href="/matthew/8-29.htm">Matthew 8:29</a> “What do You want with us, Son of God?” they shouted. “Have You come here to torture us before the appointed time?” <a href="/mark/5-7.htm">Mark 5:7</a> And he shouted in a loud voice, “What do You want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You before God not to torture me!” <a href="/luke/8-28.htm">Luke 8:28</a> When the man saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down before Him, shouting in a loud voice, “What do You want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You not to torture me!” <a href="/acts/5-11.htm">Acts 5:11</a> And great fear came over the whole church and all who heard about these events.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>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.<a href="/isaiah/13-7.htm">Isaiah 13:7-9</a> Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt: … <a href="/jeremiah/48-42.htm">Jeremiah 48:42-44</a> And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he hath magnified himself against the LORD… the hand<a href="/1_samuel/5-6.htm">1 Samuel 5:6,9</a> But the hand of the LORD was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them with emerods, even Ashdod and the coasts thereof… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_samuel/5-10.htm">Ark</a> <a href="/1_samuel/5-9.htm">City</a> <a href="/1_samuel/5-9.htm">Confusion</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-33.htm">Deadly</a> <a href="/1_samuel/5-9.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/1_samuel/5-10.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/1_samuel/5-10.htm">Kill</a> <a href="/1_samuel/5-8.htm">Lords</a> <a href="/1_samuel/5-8.htm">Philistines</a> <a href="/1_samuel/5-10.htm">Slay</a> <a href="/ruth/4-14.htm">Throughout</a> <a href="/1_samuel/5-8.htm">Together</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_samuel/6-1.htm">Ark</a> <a href="/1_samuel/5-12.htm">City</a> <a href="/1_samuel/14-20.htm">Confusion</a> <a href="/psalms/7-13.htm">Deadly</a> <a href="/1_samuel/6-3.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/1_samuel/6-3.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/1_samuel/14-34.htm">Kill</a> <a href="/1_samuel/6-4.htm">Lords</a> <a href="/1_samuel/6-1.htm">Philistines</a> <a href="/1_samuel/14-34.htm">Slay</a> <a href="/1_samuel/7-13.htm">Throughout</a> <a href="/1_samuel/7-6.htm">Together</a><div class="vheading2">1 Samuel 5</div>1. <a href="/1_samuel/5-1.htm">The Philistines having brought the ark into Ashdod, set it in the house Dagon</a> 3. <a href="/1_samuel/5-3.htm">Dagon is smitten down and cut and cut in pieces, </a> 5. <a href="/1_samuel/5-5.htm">and they of Ashdod smitten with tumors</a> 8. <a href="/1_samuel/5-8.htm">So God deals with them of Gath, when it was brought thither</a> 10. <a href="/1_samuel/5-10.htm">and so with them of Ekron, when it was brought thither</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_samuel/5.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_samuel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/1_samuel/5.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Then the Ekronites called together all the rulers of the Philistines The Ekronites were one of the five major Philistine city-states, along with Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gaza, and Gath. The Philistines were a seafaring people who settled along the coastal regions of Canaan. The gathering of all the rulers indicates a significant crisis, as the Philistines were typically independent in their city governance. This unity among the rulers underscores the severity of the situation caused by the presence of the Ark of the Covenant.and said, “Send away the ark of the God of Israel. The Ark of the Covenant, representing the presence and power of Yahweh, had been captured by the Philistines in battle. However, instead of bringing them victory and blessing, it brought calamity. The Philistines recognized the Ark as belonging to the God of Israel, acknowledging His power even as they worshiped their own deities. This reflects the biblical theme of God's sovereignty over all nations and His ability to demonstrate His power to those who do not worship Him.It must return to its place, The Philistines desired to send the Ark back to Israel, recognizing that it did not belong among them. This phrase highlights the concept of sacred space and the importance of the Ark's rightful place among God's people. The Ark was central to Israel's worship and covenant relationship with God, symbolizing His presence and guidance.so that it will not kill us and our people!” The Philistines were experiencing severe afflictions, which they attributed to the presence of the Ark. This fear of death and destruction reflects the biblical understanding of God's holiness and the consequences of His presence being mishandled or disrespected. The Philistines' plea to send the Ark away shows their desperation and acknowledgment of the divine power at work.For a deadly confusion had pervaded the city; The term "deadly confusion" suggests chaos and panic among the people of Ekron. This could refer to a plague or other calamity that caused widespread fear and disorder. The biblical narrative often associates such confusion with divine judgment, as seen in other instances where God intervenes directly in human affairs.the hand of God was very heavy upon it. The "hand of God" is a biblical metaphor for His power and judgment. The heaviness of God's hand indicates the severity of the affliction experienced by the Philistines. This phrase emphasizes God's active role in the events, demonstrating His authority and the consequences of opposing Him. It serves as a reminder of God's justice and the reality of His intervention in the world.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/p/philistines.htm">Philistines</a> A group of people who were enemies of Israel and had captured the Ark of the Covenant, believing it would bring them power and victory. 2. <a href="/topical/a/ark_of_the_god_of_israel.htm">Ark of the God of Israel</a> The sacred chest that held the tablets of the Ten Commandments, representing God's presence and covenant with Israel. 3. <a href="/topical/r/rulers_of_the_philistines.htm">Rulers of the Philistines</a> Leaders of the Philistine cities who were responsible for making decisions regarding the Ark after experiencing God's judgment. 4. <a href="/topical/c/city_of_ekron.htm">City of Ekron</a> One of the five major Philistine cities where the Ark was brought, leading to panic and suffering among the people. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_hand_of_god.htm">The Hand of God</a> A metaphor for God's power and judgment, which was evident in the plagues and confusion that afflicted the Philistines.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty.htm">God's Sovereignty</a> The Philistines' experience with the Ark demonstrates that God's power cannot be manipulated or controlled by human hands. His sovereignty extends over all nations and peoples. <a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_disobedience.htm">The Consequences of Disobedience</a> The suffering of the Philistines serves as a reminder of the consequences of opposing God's will. It calls believers to live in obedience and reverence. <a href="/topical/t/the_presence_of_god.htm">The Presence of God</a> The Ark symbolizes God's presence, which brings blessing to those who honor Him and judgment to those who do not. Believers are encouraged to seek God's presence in their lives. <a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_restoration.htm">Repentance and Restoration</a> The Philistines' decision to return the Ark reflects a recognition of their wrongdoing. It highlights the importance of repentance and seeking restoration with God. <a href="/topical/c/community_and_leadership.htm">Community and Leadership</a> The gathering of the Philistine rulers to address the crisis underscores the role of leadership in guiding communities through challenges. Christian leaders are called to seek God's wisdom in decision-making.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_samuel_5.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Samuel 5</a> <a href="/q/evidence_of_philistines_capturing_ark.htm">Is there any archaeological evidence to support the Philistines' capture of the Ark in 1 Samuel 4?</a> <a href="/q/1_sam_5_6__scientific_basis_for_tumors.htm">1 Samuel 5:6 – Is there any scientific or medical basis for the tumors supposedly afflicting the Philistines? </a> <a href="/q/why_are_golden_tumors_rats_valid_offerings.htm">In 1 Samuel 6:4, why are golden tumors and rats treated as valid offerings for atonement?</a> <a href="/q/why_does_king_david_deceive_and_kill.htm">Why does King David, described elsewhere as righteous (1 Kings 15:5), resort to deceit and murder in 2 Samuel 11:14-17?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_samuel/5.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(11) Send away the ark.--The lords of the Philistines were a long time before they could make up their minds to get rid of this deadly trophy of their victory. They had grown up with an undefined awe of the "golden chest," which, as they supposed, had so often in the days of the famous Hebrew conqueror, Joshua, led the armies of Israel to victory; and now at last it was their own. It was indeed a sore trouble for them to yield it up to their enemies again; to see the historical sacred treasure of Israel, so long veiled in awful mystery, at the feet of their fish-god idol, was a perpetual renewal for Philistia of the glorious triumph of Aphek, which avenged so many years of bitter humiliation. The plague and misery which afflicted the cities of Philistia in the day when the sacred Ark dwelt an unhonoured guest in their midst suggest many and grave thoughts. Is there not an unseen power ever protecting God's institutions, His ordinances, and His ritual, the sacred House dedicated to His solemn worship, the vessels of the sanctuary, the very lands and gold consecrated to His service, even though all these things, owing to the faults and errors of His servants, have lost apparently their holy and beneficial influence over the hearts and homes of men?Does not this old loved story warn rash and careless souls against laying rough hands on any ark of the Lord, though the ark in question seem to be abandoned by God, and destitute of power and dignity? <a href="/commentaries/1_samuel/5-11.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Then [the Ekronites] assembled וַיַּאַסְפ֜וּ (way·ya·’as·p̄ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_622.htm">Strong's 622: </a> To gather for, any purpose, to receive, take away, remove all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every the rulers סַרְנֵ֣י (sar·nê) Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5633.htm">Strong's 5633: </a> An axle, a peer of the Philistines פְלִשְׁתִּ֗ים (p̄ə·liš·tîm) Noun - proper - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6430.htm">Strong's 6430: </a> Philistines -- inhabitants of Philistia and said, וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ (way·yō·mə·rū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say “Send away וַיִּשְׁלְח֨וּ (way·yiš·lə·ḥū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7971.htm">Strong's 7971: </a> To send away, for, out the ark אֲר֨וֹן (’ă·rō·wn) Noun - common singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_727.htm">Strong's 727: </a> A chest, ark of the God אֱלֹהֵ֤י (’ĕ·lō·hê) Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative of Israel. יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc It must return וְיָשֹׁ֣ב (wə·yā·šōḇ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7725.htm">Strong's 7725: </a> To turn back, in, to retreat, again to its place, לִמְקֹמ֔וֹ (lim·qō·mōw) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4725.htm">Strong's 4725: </a> A standing, a spot, a condition so that it will not וְלֹֽא־ (wə·lō-) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no kill יָמִ֥ית (yā·mîṯ) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4191.htm">Strong's 4191: </a> To die, to kill us אֹתִ֖י (’ō·ṯî) Direct object marker | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> Untranslatable mark of the accusative case and our people!” עַמִּ֑י (‘am·mî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock For כִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction a deadly מָ֙וֶת֙ (mā·weṯ) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4194.htm">Strong's 4194: </a> Death, the dead, their place, state, pestilence, ruin confusion מְהֽוּמַת־ (mə·hū·maṯ-) Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4103.htm">Strong's 4103: </a> Tumult, confusion, disquietude, discomfiture had pervaded הָיְתָ֤ה (hā·yə·ṯāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> To fall out, come to pass, become, be the city; הָעִ֔יר (hā·‘îr) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5892.htm">Strong's 5892: </a> Excitement the hand יַ֥ד (yaḏ) Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> A hand of God הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים (hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative was heavy כָּבְדָ֥ה (kā·ḇə·ḏāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3513.htm">Strong's 3513: </a> To be heavy, weighty, or burdensome upon it. שָֽׁם׃ (šām) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8033.htm">Strong's 8033: </a> There, then, thither <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_samuel/5-11.htm">1 Samuel 5:11 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/1_samuel/5-11.htm">1 Samuel 5:11 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/1_samuel/5-11.htm">1 Samuel 5:11 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/1_samuel/5-11.htm">1 Samuel 5:11 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/1_samuel/5-11.htm">1 Samuel 5:11 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/1_samuel/5-11.htm">1 Samuel 5:11 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_samuel/5-11.htm">1 Samuel 5:11 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_samuel/5-11.htm">1 Samuel 5:11 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/1_samuel/5-11.htm">1 Samuel 5:11 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/1_samuel/5-11.htm">1 Samuel 5:11 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/1_samuel/5-11.htm">OT History: 1 Samuel 5:11 They sent therefore and gathered together all (1Sa iSam 1 Sam i sa) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_samuel/5-10.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Samuel 5:10"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 5:10" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_samuel/5-12.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Samuel 5:12"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 5:12" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>