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And the
Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it
from Ebenezer unto Ashdod.
02 When the Philistines took the ark of God, they
brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by
Dagon.
03 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.
04 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.
05 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.
06 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.
07 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.
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08 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.
09 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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