1 Samuel 5:9

5:9 But after it had been moved the Lord attacked ¹  that city as well, causing a great deal of panic. He struck all the people of that city ²  with sores. ³ 

1 Samuel 5:11

5:11 So they assembled ⁴  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 ⁵  and our ⁶  people!” The terror ⁷  of death was throughout the entire city; God was attacking them very severely there. ⁸ 

1 Samuel 6:5

6:5 You should make images of the sores and images of the mice ⁹  that are destroying the land. You should honor the God of Israel. Perhaps he will release his grip on you, your gods, and your land. ¹⁰ 

Deuteronomy 28:27

28:27 The Lord will afflict you with the boils of Egypt and with tumors, eczema, and scabies, all of which cannot be healed.

Job 31:3

31:3 Is it not misfortune for the unjust,

and disaster for those who work iniquity?

Psalms 78:66

78:66 He drove his enemies back;

he made them a permanent target for insults. ¹¹ 

¹ tn Heb “the hand of the Lord was against the city.”

² tn Heb “and he struck the men of the city from small and to great.”

³ tn See the note on this term in v. 6. Cf. KJV “and they had emerods in their secret parts.”

⁴ tn Heb “and they sent and gathered.”

⁵ tn Heb “me.”

⁶ tn Heb “my.”

⁷ tn Or “panic.”

⁸ tn Heb “the hand of God was very heavy there.”

⁹ tn Heb “your mice.” A Qumran ms has simply “the mice.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “Perhaps he will lighten his hand from upon you and from upon your gods and from upon your land.”

¹¹ tn Heb “a permanent reproach he made them.”