⁶ Now ^(A)the hand of Yahweh was glorious against the Ashdodites, and ^(B)He made them desolate and struck them with ^(C)tumors, both Ashdod and its territories.

¹¹ They ^(A)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 put ^[a]us and ^[b]our people to death.” For there was a deadly confusion throughout the city; ^(B)the hand of God was very glorious there.