Wherever they went out, the hand of Jehovah was against them for evil, as Jehovah had said, and as Jehovah had sworn to them. And they were greatly distressed.

And the hand of Jehovah was heavy upon those of Ashdod, and He ravaged them and struck them with tumors, both Ashdod and its territories.

And so it was, after they had brought it around, that the hand of Jehovah was against the city with a very great destruction; and He struck the men of the city, both small and great, and tumors broke out on them.

So they sent and gathered together all the rulers of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go back to its own place, so that it does not kill us and our people. For there was a death panic throughout all the city, because the hand of God had been very heavy there.

So the Philistines were subdued, and they did not come anymore into the territory of Israel. And the hand of Jehovah was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.

For by day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; my sap was turned into the drought of summer. Selah.

Therefore He brought an end to their days in vanity, and their years in dismay.

For we have been consumed by Your anger, and by Your wrath we have been terrified.

For all our days have turned away in Your wrath; we finish our years with a sigh.

Therefore He raised up His hand and swore against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness,

And you shall see, and your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like the grass. And the hand of Jehovah shall be known toward His servants, and His indignation toward His enemies.

But with most of them God was not well pleased, for they were scattered in the wilderness.