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They put the statue back where it belonged. </span><span class="v9_5_4"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.5.4" class="v9_5_4">4</span>But early the next morning, it had fallen over again and was lying facedown on the floor in front of the chest. The body of the statue was still in one piece, but its head and both hands had broken off and were lying on the stone floor in the doorway. </span><span class="v9_5_5"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.5.5" class="v9_5_5">5</span>This is why the priests and everyone else step over that part of the doorway when they enter the temple of Dagon in Ashdod.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v9_5_6"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.5.6" class="v9_5_6">6</span>The <span class="nd">Lord</span> caused a lot of trouble for the people of Ashdod and their neighbors. He made sores break out all over their bodies,<a href="#fn" id="link_1Sam.5.6!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> and everyone was in a panic.<a href="#fn" id="link_1Sam.5.6!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span><span class="v9_5_7"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.5.7" class="v9_5_7">7</span>Finally, they said, “The God of Israel did this. He is the one who caused all this trouble for us and our god Dagon. We've got to get rid of this chest.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v9_5_8"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.5.8" class="v9_5_8">8</span>The people of Ashdod invited all the Philistine rulers to come to Ashdod, and they asked them, “What can we do with the sacred chest that belongs to the God of Israel?”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v9_5_8">“Send it to Gath,” the rulers answered. But after they took it there, </span><span class="v9_5_9"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.5.9" class="v9_5_9">9</span>the <span class="nd">Lord</span> made sores break out on everyone in town. The people of Gath were frightened, </span><span class="v9_5_10"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.5.10" class="v9_5_10">10</span>so they sent the sacred chest to Ekron. But before they could take it through the town gates, the people of Ekron started screaming, “They've brought the sacred chest that belongs to the God of Israel! It will kill us and our families too!”</span></p><h3 class="s1">The Philistines Send Back the Sacred Chest</h3><p class="par"><span class="v9_5_11"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.5.11" class="v9_5_11">11</span>The people of Ekron called for another meeting of the Philistine rulers and told them, “Send this chest back where it belongs. Then it won't kill us.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v9_5_11">Everyone was in a panic, because God was causing a lot of people to die, </span><span class="v9_5_12"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.5.12" class="v9_5_12">12</span>and those who had survived were suffering from the sores. They all cried to their gods for help.</span></p> <a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">5.6 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">sores … bodies: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Or “He struck them with bubonic plague.”</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">5.6 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">panic: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Two ancient translations add “Rats came from their ships, and people were dying right and left.”</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 2006 American Bible Society. 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