1 Samuel 5

1 Samuel Chapter 5 KJV

1The Philistines bring the ark into the house of Dagon at Ashdod. 3Dagon is cast down and broken in pieces before the ark. 6The men of Ashdod are smitten with emerods. 8The ark being carried to Gath, the men of Gath are smitten with the like plague; 10as also the men of Ekron, when the ark is brought thither.
1 And the Philistines 1took the ark of God, and brought it from 2Eben-ezer unto 3Ashdod.
2 When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of 1Dagon, and set it by Dagon.
3 ¶ And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, 1Dagon was 2fallen 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 1the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold; only athe stump of Dagon was left to him.
5 Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon's house, 1tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this day.
6 But the 1hand of the Lord was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and 2smote them with 3emerods, even Ashdod and the coasts thereof.
7 And when the men of Ashdod 1saw 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 2upon Dagon our god.
8 They sent therefore and gathered all the 1lords of the Philistines unto them, and said, 2What 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 3Gath. 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 1hand 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 2secret parts.
10 ¶ Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And it came to pass, as the ark of God came to 1Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to aus, 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 aus not, and our people: for there was a 1deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.
12 And the men that 1died not were smitten with the emerods: and the cry of 2the city went up to heaven.
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