ASV_Strong : 1 Samuel 5
1. Now the Philistines[H6430] had taken[H3947] the ark[H727] of God[H430], and they brought[H935] it from Eben-ezer[H72] unto Ashdod[H795].
2. And the Philistines[H6430] took[H3947] the ark[H727] of God[H430], and brought[H935] it into the house[H1004] of Dagon[H1712], and set[H3322] it by[H681] Dagon[H1712].
3. And when they of Ashdod[H796] arose early[H7925] on the morrow[H4283], behold[H1712], Dagon was fallen[H5307] upon his face[H6440] to the ground[H776] before[H6440] the ark[H727] of Jehovah[H3068]. And they took[H3947] Dagon[H1712], and set[H7725] him in his place[H4725] again[H7725].
4. And when they arose early[H7925] on the morrow[H4283] morning[H1242], behold[H1712], Dagon was fallen[H5307] upon his face[H6440] to the ground[H776] before[H6440] the ark[H727] of Jehovah[H3068]; and the head[H7218] of Dagon[H1712] and both[H8147] the palms[H3709] of his hands[H3027] lay cut off[H3772] upon the threshold[H4670]; only the stump of Dagon[H1712] was left to him[H7604].
5. Therefore neither the priests[H3548] of Dagon[H1712], nor any that come[H935] into Dagon[H1712]'s house[H1004], tread[H1869] on the threshold[H4670] of Dagon[H1712] in Ashdod[H795], unto this day[H3117].
6. But the hand[H3027] of Jehovah[H3068] was heavy[H3513] upon them of Ashdod[H796], and he destroyed[H8074] them[H5221], and smote them with tumors[H2914], even Ashdod[H795] and the borders thereof[H1366].
7. And when the men[H582] of Ashdod[H795] saw[H7200] that it was so[H559], they said, The ark[H727] of the God[H430] of Israel[H3478] shall not abide[H3427] with us[H3027]; for his hand is sore[H7185] upon us[H1712], and upon Dagon our god[H430].
8. They sent[H7971] therefore and gathered[H622] all the lords[H5633] of the Philistines[H6430] unto them[H559], and said, What shall we do[H6213] with the ark[H727] of the God[H430] of Israel[H3478]? And they answered[H559], Let the ark[H727] of the God[H430] of Israel[H3478] be carried about[H5437] unto Gath[H1661]. And they carried[H5437] the ark[H727] of the God[H430] of Israel[H3478] thither[H5437].
9. And it was so[H310], that, after they had carried it about[H5437], the hand[H3027] of Jehovah[H3068] was against the city[H5892] with a very[H3966] great[H1419] discomfiture[H4103]: and he smote[H5221] the men[H582] of the city[H5892], both small[H6996] and great[H1419]; and tumors[H2914] brake out upon them[H8368].
10. So they sent[H7971] the ark[H727] of God[H430] to Ekron[H6138]. And it came to pass[H727], as the ark of God[H430] came[H935] to Ekron[H6138], that the Ekronites[H6139] cried out[H2199], saying[H559], They have brought about[H5437] the ark[H727] of the God[H430] of Israel[H3478] to us[H4191], to slay us and our people[H5971].
11. They sent[H7971] therefore and gathered together[H622] all the lords[H5633] of the Philistines[H6430], and they said[H559], Send away[H7971] the ark[H727] of the God[H430] of Israel[H3478], and let it go again[H7725] to its own place[H4725], that is slay[H4191] us not[H5971], and our people. For there was a deadly[H4194] discomfiture[H4103] throughout all the city[H5892]; the hand[H3027] of God[H430] was very[H3966] heavy there[H3513].
12. And the men[H582] that died[H4191] not were smitten[H5221] with the tumors[H2914]; and the cry[H7775] of the city[H5892] went up[H5927] to heaven[H8064].
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