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Chapter 5 |
| 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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
