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. But it came about as the ark of God came to Ekron that the Ekronites cried out saying, “They’ve brought around the ark of the God of Israel to us to kill us and our people!” 11So they sent word and gathered all the lords of the Philistines and said, “Send the ark of the God of Israel away—let it go back to its own place, so it won’t kill us and our people!” For a panic of death was throughout the entire city, as God’s hand was very heavy there. The people who did not die were afflicted with tumors, so that the outcry 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the menאֱנוֹשׁ'ĕnôsh · humanH582
• that diedמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• not were smittenנָכָהnâkâh · to smiteH5221
• with the emerodsעֹ֫פֶל‛ôphel · hillH6076
• with the emerodsטְחֹרţechôr · tumorH2914
• and the cryשַׁוְעָהshav‛âh · cryH7775
• of the cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• went upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• to heavenשָׁמַיִםshâmayim shâmeh · heavenH8064

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 5:12

• 1 Kings 19:17It shall come to pass that whoever escapes from the sword of Hazael, Jehu will slay; and whoever escapes from the sword of Jehu, Elisha will slay.
• Amos 5:19It will be as when a man is fleeing from a lion—and meets a bear! Or he comes home, leans his hand on the wall, and a snake bites him!
• 1 Samuel 9:16“Tomorrow about this time, I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you will anoint him ruler over My people Israel. He will deliver My people from the hand of the Philistines. I have observed My people, because their cry has come to Me.”
• Exodus 12:30Then Pharaoh rose up in the night, he and all his servants and all the Egyptians, and there was loud wailing in Egypt. For there was not a house where someone was not dead.
• Isaiah 15:3In their streets they wear sackcloth. On their housetops and in their plazas, everyone wails, weeping profusely.
• Jeremiah 14:2Judah will mourn, and her gates languish. They will bow in black to the ground And Jerusalem’s wail will go up.
• Jeremiah 25:34Wail, you shepherds, and cry! Wallow in the dust, you leaders of the flock! For the days of your slaughter and your dispersions are full. You will fall like a precious vase.
• Jeremiah 48:3The sound of 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