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And the Philistines[H6430]took[H3947] the ark[H727] of God[H430], and brought[H935] it from Ebenezer[H72] unto Ashdod[H795].
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When the Philistines[H6430]took[H3947] the ark[H727] of God[H430], they brought[H935] it into the house[H1004] of Dagon[H1712], and set[H3322] it by[H681]Dagon[H1712].
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And when they of Ashdod[H796] arose early[H7925] on the morrow[H4283], behold, Dagon[H1712] was fallen[H5307] upon his face[H6440] to the earth[H776]before[H6440] the ark[H727] of the LORD[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, Dagon[H1712] was fallen[H5307] upon his face[H6440] to the ground[H776]before[H6440] the ark[H727] of the LORD[H3068]; and the head[H7218] of Dagon[H1712] and both[H8147] the palms[H3709] of his hands[H3027] were cut off[H3772] upon the threshold[H4670]; only the stump of Dagon[H1712] was left[H7604] to him.
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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].
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But the hand[H3027] of the LORD[H3068] was heavy[H3513] upon them of Ashdod[H796], and he destroyed[H8074] them, and smote[H5221] them with emerods[H2914], even Ashdod[H795] and the coasts[H1366] thereof.
7
And when the men[H582] of Ashdod[H795]saw[H7200] that it was so, they said[H559], The ark[H727] of the God[H430] of Israel[H3478] shall not abide[H3427] with us: for his hand[H3027] is sore[H7185] upon us, and upon Dagon[H1712] our god[H430].
8
They sent[H7971] therefore and gathered[H622] all the lords[H5633] of the Philistines[H6430] unto them, and said[H559], 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[H5437]about[H5437] unto Gath[H1661]. And they carried[H5437] the ark[H727] of the God[H430] of Israel[H3478]about[H5437] thither.
9
And it was so, that, after[H310] they had carried it about[H5437], the hand[H3027] of the LORD[H3068] was against the city[H5892] with a very[H3966]great[H1419]destruction[H4103]: and he smote[H5221] the men[H582] of the city[H5892], both small[H6996] and great[H1419], and they had emerods[H2914] in their secret parts[H8368].
10
Therefore they sent[H7971] the ark[H727] of God[H430] to Ekron[H6138]. And it came[H935] to pass, as the ark[H727] 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, to slay[H4191] us and our people[H5971].
11
So they sent[H7971] and gathered together[H622] all the lords[H5633] of the Philistines[H6430], and said[H559], Send away[H7971] the ark[H727] of the God[H430] of Israel[H3478], and let it go again[H7725] to his own place[H4725], that it slay[H4191] us not, and our people[H5971]: for there was a deadly[H4194]destruction[H4103] throughout all the city[H5892]; the hand[H3027] of God[H430] was very[H3966]heavy[H3513] there.
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And the men[H582] that died[H4191] not were smitten[H5221] with the emerods[H2914]: and the cry[H7775] of the city[H5892] went up[H5927] to heaven[H8064].