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So they took Dagon and set it in its place again. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/5-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And when they arose early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen on its face to the ground before the ark of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>. The head of Dagon and both the palms of its hands <i>were</i> broken off on the threshold; only <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[b]</a></span>Dagon’s <i>torso</i> was left of it. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/5-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Therefore neither the priests of Dagon nor any who come into Dagon’s house tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod to this day.</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/5-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>But the hand of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> was heavy on the people of Ashdod, and He ravaged them and struck them with tumors,<span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[c]</a></span> <i>both</i> Ashdod and its territory. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/5-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And when the men of Ashdod saw how <i>it was,</i> they said, “The ark of the God of Israel must not remain with us, for His hand is harsh toward us and Dagon our god.” </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/5-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Therefore they sent and gathered to themselves all the lords of the Philistines, and said, “What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel?”</span></p><p><span class="text 1Sam-5-8">And they answered, “Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried away to Gath.” So they carried the ark of the God of Israel away. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/5-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>So it was, after they had carried it away, that the hand of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> was against the city with a very great destruction; and He struck the men of the city, both small and great, <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[d]</a></span>and tumors broke out on them.</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/5-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>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!” </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/5-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>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. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/5-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And the men who did not die were stricken with the tumors, and the cry of the city went up to heaven.</span></p> <A name="footnotes"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes:</h4><ol><li id="fen-NKJV-7322a"><span class="fnref" title="Go to 1 Samuel 5:2">1 Samuel 5:2</span> <span class='footnote-text'>A Philistine idol</span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-7324b"><span class="fnref" title="Go to 1 Samuel 5:4">1 Samuel 5:4</span> <span class='footnote-text'>So with LXX, Syr., Tg., Vg.; MT <i>Dagon</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-7326c"><span class="fnref" title="Go to 1 Samuel 5:6">1 Samuel 5:6</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Probably bubonic plague. LXX, Vg. add <i>And in the midst of their land rats sprang up, and there was a great death panic in the city.</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-7329d"><span class="fnref" title="Go to 1 Samuel 5:9">1 Samuel 5:9</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Vg. <i>and they had tumors in their secret parts</i></span></li></ol></div> <!--end of footnotes--></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. 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