1 Samuel 5:7

5:7 When the people ¹  of Ashdod saw what was happening, they said, “The ark of the God of Israel should not remain with us, for he has attacked ²  both us and our god Dagon!”

1 Samuel 5:11

5:11 So they assembled ³  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 ⁴  and our ⁵  people!” The terror ⁶  of death was throughout the entire city; God was attacking them very severely there. ⁷ 

1 Samuel 6:5

6:5 You should make images of the sores and images of the mice ⁸  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. ⁹ 

[5:7]  ¹ tn Heb “men.”

[5:7]  ² tn Heb “for his hand is severe upon.”

[5:11]  ³ tn Heb “and they sent and gathered.”

[5:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “me.”

[5:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “my.”

[5:11]  ⁶ tn Or “panic.”

[5:11]  ⁷ tn Heb “the hand of God was very heavy there.”

[6:5]  ⁸ tn Heb “your mice.” A Qumran ms has simply “the mice.”

[6:5]  ⁹ tn Heb “Perhaps he will lighten his hand from upon you and from upon your gods and from upon your land.”