“1 And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from
Ebenezer unto Ashdod. 2 When the Philistines took the ark of God, they
brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon. 3 And when they
of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon [was] fallen upon his
face to the earth before the ark of the LORD. And they took Dagon, and
set him in his place again. 4 And when they arose early on the morrow
morning, behold, Dagon [was] fallen upon his face to the ground before
the ark of the LORD; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his
hands [were] cut off upon the threshold; only [the stump of] Dagon was
left to him. 5 Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come
into Dagon’s house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this
day.”
“6 But the hand of the LORD was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he
destroyed them, and smote them with emerods, [even] Ashdod and the
coasts thereof. 7 And when the men of Ashdod saw that [it was] so, they
said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us: for his hand
is sore upon us, and upon Dagon our god. 8 They 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 about [thither]. 9 And it was [so],
that, after they had carried it about, the hand of the LORD was against
the city with a very great destruction: and he smote the men of the
city, both small and great, and they had emerods in their secret parts.
10 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. 11 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. 12 And the men that died not were smitten with the
emerods: and the cry of the city went up to heaven.” (1 Samuel 5:1-12
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