1 Samuel 5:11
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.
Context
This verse from 1 Samuel Chapter 5 connects to 7 cross-references. The Philistines place the ark in the temple of Dagon in Ashdod; the next morning Dagon's statue is fallen before the ark, and the day after both hands and head are broken off. God strikes Ashdod and then Gath and …
Other Translations
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.
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,
So they sent and got 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 place, so that it may not be the cause of death to us and to our people: for there was a great fear of death through all the town; the hand of God was very hard on them there.
Cross References
But the hand of the Lord was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them with …
They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines unto them, and said, What shall we do with …
And it was so, that, after they had carried it about, the hand of the Lord was against the city …
Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man’s heart shall melt:
Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and …
And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he hath magnified himself against the Lord.
He that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that getteth up out of the pit …