# Yahweh's hand was heavy upon

This is an idiom. "Yahweh severely judged" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

# tumors

Possible meanings are 1) painful swelling under the skin or 2) hemorrhoids.

# both Ashdod and its territories

The name of the town is a metonym for the people living in the town. "both the people of Ashdod and the people in the land surrounding Ashdod" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])