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Then the hand of the Lord was heavy on the people of Ashdod, and He caused them to be dumbfounded and struck them with [a]tumors, both Ashdod and its territory.

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  1. 1 Samuel 5:6 It is possible that this was a type of bubonic plague or infection spread by rats (or fleas hosted by rats), as intimated in 6:4f.

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