1 Samuel 5:12

1 Samuel 5:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the men that died not were smitten with the emerods: and the cry of the city went up to heaven.
• New International Version (NIV)Those who did not die were afflicted with tumors, and the outcry of the city went up to heaven.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The men who did not die were struck with tumors, and the cry of the city went up to heaven.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And the men who did not die were stricken with the tumors, and the cry of the city went up to heaven.

Context of 1 Samuel 5:12

10So they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And as the ark of God came to Ekron the Ekronites cried out, saying, “They have brought the ark of the God of Israel around to us, to kill us and our people.” 11They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines and said, “Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it return to its own place, so that it will not kill us and our people.” For there was a deadly confusion throughout the city; the hand of God was very heavy there. And the men who did not die were smitten with tumors and the cry of the city went up to heaven.

1 Samuel 5:12 word by word

וְהָֽאֲנָשִׁים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹא־מֵ֔תוּ הֻכּ֖וּ בַּטְּחֹרִ֑ים וַתַּ֛עַל שַֽׁוְעַ֥ת הָעִ֖יר הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃Read the interlinear

• And the menאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• whoאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• did not dieמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• were smittenנָכָהnâkâh · to smiteH5221
• with tumorsעֹ֫פֶל‛ôphel · tumorH6076
• the cryשַׁוְעָהshav‛âh · cryH7775
• of the cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• wentעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• up to heavenשָׁמַיִםshâmayim shâmeh · heavenH8064

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 5:12

• 1 Kings 19:17It shall come about, the one who escapes from the sword of Hazael, Jehu shall put to death, and the one who escapes from the sword of Jehu, Elisha shall put to death.
• Amos 5:19As when a man flees from a lion And a bear meets him, Or goes home, leans his hand against the wall And a snake bites him.
• 1 Samuel 9:16“About this time tomorrow I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him to be prince over My people Israel; and he will deliver My people from the hand of the Philistines. For I have regarded My people, because their cry has come to Me.”
• Exodus 12:30Pharaoh arose in the night, he and all his servants and all the Egyptians, and there was a great cry in Egypt, for there was no home where there was not someone dead.
• Isaiah 15:3In their streets they have girded themselves with sackcloth; On their housetops and in their squares Everyone is wailing, dissolved in tears.
• Jeremiah 14:2“Judah mourns And her gates languish; They sit on the ground in mourning, And the cry of Jerusalem has ascended.
• Jeremiah 25:34Wail, you shepherds, and cry; And wallow in ashes, you masters of the flock; For the days of your slaughter and your dispersions have come, And you will fall like a choice vessel.
• Jeremiah 48:3The sound of an outcry from Horonaim, ‘Devastation and great destruction!’

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 5:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12The men that died not - Some it seems were smitten with instant death; others with the haemorrhoids, and there was a universal consternation; and the cry of the city went up to heaven - it was an exceeding great cry. It does not appear that the Philistines had any correct knowledge of the nature of Jehovah, though they seemed to acknowledge his supremacy. They imagined that every country, district, mountain, and valley, had its peculiar deity; who, in its…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-12Verses 6-12 The hand of the Lord was heavy upon the Philistines; he not only convinced them of their folly, but severely chastised their insolence. Yet they would not renounce Dagon; and instead of seeking God's mercy, they desired to get clear of his ark. Carnal hearts, when they smart under the judgments of God, would rather, if it were possible, put him far from them, than enter into covenant or communion with him, and seek him for their friend. But…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. the cry of the city went up to heaven--The disease is attended with acute pain, and it is far from being a rare phenomenon in the Philistian plain [Van De Velde].Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Samuel 5:12

• Hemorrhoids
• Miracles
• Tumor

In the dictionaries

• Destruction
• Ground
• Samuel, Books of
• Ark of the Covenant
• Dagon
• Emerods
• God
• Judges, Period of
• Ophel
• Samuel, Books of

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings