Bible, King James Version
1_Samuel
1Sam.5
[1] And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought
it from Eben-ezer 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.
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