And the Philistines took
the ark
of God
, and brought
it from Ebenezer
unto Ashdod
.
When the Philistines took
the ark
of God
, they brought
it into the house
of Dagon
, and set
it by
Dagon
.
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
.
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.
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
.
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.
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
.
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 .
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
.
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
.
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.
And the men that died
not were smitten
with the emerods
: and the cry
of the city
went up
to heaven
.