1 Samuel 5:11

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.

1 Samuel 5:6

The Lord attacked the residents of Ashdod severely, bringing devastation on them. He struck the people of both Ashdod and the surrounding area with sores.

1 Samuel 5:8-9

So they assembled all the leaders of the Philistines and asked, "What should we do with the ark of the God of Israel?" They replied, "The ark of the God of Israel should be moved to Gath." So they moved the ark of the God of Israel.

Isaiah 13:7-9

For this reason all hands hang limp, every human heart loses its courage.

Jeremiah 48:42-44

Moab will be destroyed and no longer be a nation, because she has vaunted herself against the Lord.

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Summary

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.

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A deadly

Isaiah 13:7
For this reason all hands hang limp, every human heart loses its courage.
Jeremiah 48:42
Moab will be destroyed and no longer be a nation, because she has vaunted herself against the Lord.

General references

Genesis 20:17
Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, as well as his wife and female slaves so that they were able to have children.
1 Samuel 6:20
The residents of Beth Shemesh asked, "Who is able to stand before the Lord, this holy God? To whom will the ark go up from here?"

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