1 Samuel 5:6

The hand of the Lord was heavy upon them of Ashdod Since they were so blind as not to see his hand in throwing down their god, he smote them with such sore plagues in their own bodies as made them sensible of his power, by destroying great numbers of them. With emerods The piles, a most painful and distressing disorder. Ashdod, and the coasts thereof Not only the people of the city, but of the villages belonging to it, were smitten with this plague.