Cross references

1 Samuel 5:9

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.

1 Samuel 5:9 BSB

1 Samuel 5:9 has 10 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 5 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 1 Samuel 5:6 (8 votes) and Deuteronomy 2:15 (7 votes). 18 other verses point back to it. It links with 9 other books, from Exodus 9 to Revelation 16.

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Which verses does 1 Samuel 5:9 point to?

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

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

  2. Indeed, the LORD’s hand was against them, to eliminate them from the camp, until they had all perished.

  3. So the Philistines were subdued, and they stopped invading the territory of Israel. And the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.

  4. But if you disobey the LORD and rebel against His command, then the hand of the LORD will be against you as it was against your fathers.

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

  6. 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.

  7. “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.

  8. Then they put the ark of the LORD on the cart, along with the chest containing the gold rats and the images of the tumors.

  9. Amos 5:192 votes

    It will be like a man who flees from a lion, only to encounter a bear, or who enters his house and rests his hand against the wall, only to be bitten by a snake.

  10. I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said: “Strike the tops of the pillars so that the thresholds shake. Topple them on the heads of all the people, and I will kill the rest with the sword. None of those who flee will get away; none of the fugitives will escape. Though they dig down to Sheol, from there My hand will take them; and though they climb up to heaven, from there I will pull them down. …

Which verses point to 1 Samuel 5:9?

The 10 strongest of 18.