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1 Samuel 5:11

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What does 1 Samuel 5:11 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “They sent therefore and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and they said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to its own place, that is slay us not, and our people. For there was a deadly discomfiture throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

They sent therefore and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and they said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to its own place, that is slay us not, and our people. For there was a deadly discomfiture throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.
1 Samuel 5:11 — American Standard Version

Context — 1 Samuel 5

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
8They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines unto them, and said, What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel? And they answered, Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried about unto Gath. And they carried the ark of the God of Israel [thither].
9And it was so, that, after they had carried it about, the hand of Jehovah was against the city with a very great discomfiture: and he smote the men of the city, both small and great; and tumors brake out upon them.
10So they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And it came to pass, as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to slay us and our people.
11They sent therefore and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and they said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to its own place, that is slay us not, and our people. For there was a deadly discomfiture throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.
12And the men that died not were smitten with the tumors; and the cry of the city went up to heaven.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, etc.] As the men of Ashdod had done before on the same account, (<090508>1 Samuel 5:8) and said, send away the ark of the God of Israel; as these lords were united in their government, and made one common cause of it against Israel, one could not dispose of this capture without the consent of the rest; otherwise the lord of Ekron, with his princes, were clearly in it that it was right and best to send it away out of any of their principalities: and let it go again to its own place; to the land of Israel and Shiloh there, though to that it never returned more: that it slay us not, and our people; that is, all of them, for…”
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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“they sent--that is, the magistrates of Ekron.”
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John Wesley (1703–1791) · Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament and Old Testament notes · 18th-century historical commentary
“The city - In every city, where the ark of God came. Next: 1 Kings (1 Samuel) Chapter 6”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“us not, and our people: Heb. me not, and my people a deadly: Isa 13:7-9; Jer 48:42-44 the hand: Sa1 5:6, Sa1 5:9 1 Kings (1 Samuel) 5:12”
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