1Samuel:5

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nasb @1Samuel:5:1 @Now the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod . nasb @1Samuel:5:2 @Then the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it to the house of Dagon and set it by Dagon . nasb @1Samuel:5:3 @When the Ashdodites arose early the next morning , behold , Dagon had fallen on his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD . So they took Dagon and set him in his place again . nasb @1Samuel:5:4 @But when they arose early the next morning , behold , Dagon had fallen on his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD . And the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off on the threshold ; only the trunk of Dagon was left to him . nasb @1Samuel:5:5 @Therefore neither the priests of Dagon nor all who enter Dagon 's house tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod to this day . nasb @1Samuel:5:6 @Now the hand of the LORD was heavy on the Ashdodites , and He ravaged them and smote them with tumors , both Ashdod and its territories . nasb @1Samuel:5:7 @When the men of Ashdod saw that it was so , they said , "The ark of the God of Israel must not remain with us , for His hand is severe on us and on Dagon our god ." nasb @1Samuel:5:8 @So they sent and gathered all the lords of the Philistines to them and said , "What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel ?" And they said , "Let the ark of the God of Israel be brought around to Gath ." And they brought the ark of the God of Israel around . nasb @1Samuel:5:9 @After they had brought it around , the hand of the LORD was against the city with very great confusion ; and He smote the men of the city , both young and old , so that tumors broke out on them . nasb @1Samuel:5:10 @So they sent the ark of God to Ekron . And as the ark of God came to Ekron the Ekronites cried out , saying , "They have brought the ark of the God of Israel around to us , to kill us and our people ." nasb @1Samuel:5:11 @They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines and said , "Send away the ark of the God of Israel , and let it return to its own place , so that it will not kill us and our people ." For there was a deadly confusion throughout the city ; the hand of God was very heavy there . nasb @1Samuel:5:12 @And the men who did not die were smitten with tumors and the cry of the city went up to heaven .

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