1Samuel:5

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drb @1Samuel:5:1 @And the Philistines took the ark of God , and carried it from the Stone of help into Azotus . drb @1Samuel:5:2 @And the Philistines took the ark of God , and brought it into the temple of Dagon , and set it by Dagon . drb @1Samuel:5:3 @And when the Azotians arose early the next day , behold Dagon lay upon his face on the ground before the ark of the Lord : and they took Dagon , and set him again in his place . drb @1Samuel:5:4 @And the next day again , when they rose in the morning , they found Dagon lying upon his face on the earth before the ark of the Lord : and the head of Dagon , and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold : drb @1Samuel:5:5 @And only the stump of Dagon remained in its place . For this cause neither the priests of Dagon , nor any that go into the temple tread on the threshold of Dagon in Azotus unto this day . drb @1Samuel:5:6 @And the hand of the Lord was heavy upon the Azotians , and he destroyed them , and afflicted Azotus and the coasts thereof with emerods . And in the villages and fields in the midst of that country , there came forth a multitude of mice , and there was the confusion of a great mortality in the city . drb @1Samuel:5:7 @And the men of Azotus seeing this kind of plague , said : The ark of the God of Israel shall not stay with us : for his hand is heavy upon us , and upon Dagon our god . drb @1Samuel:5:8 @And sending , they gathered together all the lords of the Philistines to them , and said : What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel ? And the Gethrites answered : Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried about . And they carried the ark of the God of Israel about . drb @1Samuel:5:9 @And while they were carrying it about , the band of the Lord came upon every city with an exceeding great slaughter : and he smote the men of every city , both small and great , and they had emerods in their secret parts . And the Gethrites consulted together , and made themselves seats of skins . drb @1Samuel:5:10 @Therefore they sent the ark of God into Accaron . And when the ark of God was come into Accaron , the Accaronites cried out , saying : They have brought the ark of the God of Israel to us , to kill us and our people . drb @1Samuel:5:11 @They sent therefore and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines : and they said : Send away the ark of the God of Israel , and let it return into its own place , and not kill us and our people . drb @1Samuel:5:12 @For there was the fear of death in every city , and the hand of God was exceeding heavy

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