1 Samuel 5:1
THE PHILISTINES BRING THE ARK INTO THE HOUSE OF DAGON. (I Samuel 5:1-2)
Ashdod—or Azotus, one of the five Philistine satrapies, and a place of great strength. It was an inland town, thirty-four miles north of Gaza, now called Esdud.
The Philistines and the Ark
1 Then the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it afrom Ebenezer to Ashdod.
2 When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of aDagon and set it by Dagon.
3 And when the people of Ashdod arose early in the morning, there was Dagon, afallen on its face to the earth before the ark of the Lord. So they took Dagon and bset it in its place again.
4 And when they arose early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen on its face to the ground before the ark of the Lord. aThe head of Dagon and both the palms of its hands were broken off on the threshold; only1 Dagon’s torso was left of it.
5 Therefore neither the priests of Dagon nor any who come into Dagon’s house atread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod to this day.
6 But the ahand of the Lord was heavy on the people of Ashdod, and He bravaged them and struck them with ctumors, both Ashdod and its dterritory.
7 And when the men of Ashdod saw how it was, they said, “The ark of the aGod of Israel must not remain with us, for His hand is harsh toward us and Dagon our god.”
8 Therefore they sent and gathered to themselves all the alords of the Philistines, 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 away to bGath.” So they carried the ark of the God of Israel away.
9 So it was, after they had carried it away, that athe hand of the Lord was against the city with a very great destruction; and He struck the men of the city, both small and great,1 and tumors broke out on them.
10 Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron. So it was, as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, “They have brought the ark of the God of Israel to us, to kill 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 back to its own place, so that it does not kill us and our people.” For there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.
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