1 Samuel 5:6-8

Contemporary English Version

⁶The Lord caused a lot of trouble for the people of Ashdod and their neighbors. He made sores break out all over their bodies,^[a] and everyone was in a panic.^[b] ⁷Finally, they said, “The God of Israel did this. He is the one who caused all this trouble for us and our god Dagon. We've got to get rid of this chest.”

⁸The people of Ashdod invited all the Philistine rulers to come to Ashdod, and they asked them, “What can we do with the sacred chest that belongs to the God of Israel?”

“Send it to Gath,” the rulers answered. But after they took it there,

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Footnotes

5.6 sores … bodies: Or “He struck them with bubonic plague.”
5.6 panic: Two ancient translations add “Rats came from their ships, and people were dying right and left.”