Cross references

1 Samuel 5:6

Now the hand of the LORD was heavy on the people of Ashdod and its vicinity, ravaging them and afflicting them with tumors.

1 Samuel 5:6 BSB
  1. a Hebrew; LXX and Vulgate include And rats appeared in their land, and death and destruction were throughout the city.

1 Samuel 5:6 has 10 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 7 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 1 Samuel 5:11 (8 votes) and Exodus 9:3 (7 votes). 24 other verses point back to it. It links with 14 other books, from Genesis 31 to Revelation 16.

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Which verses does 1 Samuel 5:6 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Then the Ekronites called together all the rulers of the Philistines and said, “Send away the ark of the God of Israel. It must return to its place, so that it will not kill us and our people!” For a deadly confusion had pervaded the city; the hand of God was very heavy upon it.

  2. Exodus 9:37 votes

    then the hand of the LORD will bring a severe plague on your livestock in the field—on your horses, donkeys, camels, herds, and flocks.

  3. The LORD will afflict you with the boils of Egypt, with tumors and scabs and itch from which you cannot be cured.

  4. Psalm 32:47 votes

    For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was drained as in the summer heat. Selah

  5. Acts 13:117 votes

    Now look, the hand of the Lord is against you, and for a time you will be blind and unable to see the light of the sun.” Immediately mist and darkness came over him, and he groped about, seeking someone to lead him by the hand.

  6. And when the men of Ashdod saw what was happening, they said, “The ark of the God of Israel must not stay here with us, because His hand is heavy upon us and upon our god Dagon.”

  7. He beat back His foes; He put them to everlasting shame.

  8. “What guilt offering should we send back to Him?” asked the Philistines. “Five gold tumors and five gold rats,” they said, “according to the number of rulers of the Philistines, since the same plague has struck both you and your rulers. Make images of your tumors and of the rats that are ravaging the land. Give glory to the God of Israel, and perhaps He will lift His hand from you and your gods and your land.

  9. Job 31:33 votes

    Does not disaster come to the unjust and calamity to the workers of iniquity?

  10. But after they had moved the ark to Gath, the LORD’s hand was also against that city, throwing it into great confusion and afflicting the men of the city, both young and old, with an outbreak of tumors.

Which verses point to 1 Samuel 5:6?

The 10 strongest of 24.