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- ↑ 1 Sam 5:6
- ↑ 1 Sam 6:4
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- ↑ Alex. Macalister. "Emerods". International Standard Bible Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
- ↑ Conrad LI (1984). "The biblical tradition for the plague of the Philistines". Journal of the American Oriental Society. 104 (2): 281–7. doi:10.2307/602172. JSTOR 602172.
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