1 Samuel 5:11

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.

1 Samuel 5:6

The LORD heavily oppressed the people of Ashdod, devastating and afflicting Ashdod and its territories with tumors of the groin.

1 Samuel 5:8-9

They sent messengers and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines and asked, "What are we to do with the Ark of the God of Israel?" They said, "Let the Ark of the God of Israel move to Gath." So they moved the Ark of the God of Israel.

Isaiah 13:7-9

Because of this, every hand will go limp, and every man's courage will melt.

Jeremiah 48:42-44

Moab will be destroyed as a nation because he exalted himself against the LORD.

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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
Because of this, every hand will go limp, and every man's courage will melt.
Jeremiah 48:42
Moab will be destroyed as a nation because he exalted himself against the LORD.

General references

Genesis 20:17
Then Abraham interceded with God, and God healed Abimelech, his wife, and his female servants so they could bear children,
1 Samuel 6:20
The men of Beth-shemesh asked themselves, "Who can stand in the presence of the LORD, this holy God? And to whom will the Ark go from here?"

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