King James Version
1 Samuel 5:12 in the King James Version says “And the men that died not were smitten with the emerods : and the cry of the city went up to heaven.” — study this verse from 1 Samuel chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the men that died not were smitten with the emerods : and the cry of the city went up to heaven.”
1 Samuel 5:12 · KJV
Therefore 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. us, to: Heb. me to slay me and my
So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to his own place, that it slay us not, and our people: for there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there. us not: Heb. me not, and my
And the men that died not were smitten with the emerods : and the cry of the city went up to heaven.
KJV Study — Public Domain
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“went up”
H5927to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
“of the city”
H5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
“to heaven”
H8064the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r
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