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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>1 Samuel 5 NIV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/1_samuel/5.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/1_samuel/5-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NIV</a> > 1 Samuel 5</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../1_samuel/4.htm" title="1 Samuel 4">◄</a> 1 Samuel 5 <a href="../1_samuel/6.htm" title="1 Samuel 6">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New International Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/niv/esv/1_samuel/5.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="sectionhead">The Ark in Ashdod and Ekron</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/5-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>After the Philistines had captured the ark of God, they took it from Ebenezer to Ashdod. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/5-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Then they carried the ark into Dagon’s temple and set it beside Dagon. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/5-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>When the people of Ashdod rose early the next day, there was Dagon, fallen on his face on the ground before the ark of the <span class="name">Lord</span>! They took Dagon and put him back in his place. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/5-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>But the following morning when they rose, there was Dagon, fallen on his face on the ground before the ark of the <span class="name">Lord</span>! His head and hands had been broken off and were lying on the threshold; only his body remained. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/5-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>That is why to this day neither the priests of Dagon nor any others who enter Dagon’s temple at Ashdod step on the threshold.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/5-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>The <span class="name">Lord</span>’s hand was heavy on the people of Ashdod and its vicinity; he brought devastation on them and afflicted them with tumors. <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Hebrew; Septuagint and Vulgate tumors. And rats appeared in their land, and there was death and destruction throughout the city">a</a></sup></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/5-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>When the people of Ashdod saw what was happening, they said, “The ark of the god of Israel must not stay here with us, because his hand is heavy on us and on Dagon our god.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/5-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>So they called together all the rulers of the Philistines and asked them, “What shall we do with the ark of the god of Israel?”</p><p class="reg">They answered, “Have the ark of the god of Israel moved to Gath.” So they moved the ark of the God of Israel.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/5-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>But after they had moved it, the <span class="name">Lord</span>’s hand was against that city, throwing it into a great panic. He afflicted the people of the city, both young and old, with an outbreak of tumors. <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or with tumors in the groin (see Septuagint)">b</a></sup></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/5-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>So they sent the ark of God to Ekron.</p><p class="reg">As the ark of God was entering Ekron, the people of Ekron cried out, “They have brought the ark of the god of Israel around to us to kill us and our people.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/5-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>So they called together all the rulers of the Philistines and said, “Send the ark of the god of Israel away; let it go back to its own place, or it <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or he">c</a></sup></span> will kill us and our people.” For death had filled the city with panic; God’s hand was very heavy on it. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/5-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Those who did not die were afflicted with tumors, and the outcry of the city went up to heaven.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">6</span> <span class="footnotebot">Hebrew; Septuagint and Vulgate <i>tumors. And rats appeared in their land, and there was death and destruction throughout the city</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">9</span> <span class="footnotebot">Or <i>with tumors in the groin</i> (see Septuagint)</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">11</span> <span class="footnotebot">Or <i>he</i></span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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