1Samuel:5
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And the Philistines took the ark of God ,
and brought it from Ebenezer #
Eben ha -#
ezer #
unto Ashdod .
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When the Philistines took the ark of God ,
they brought it into the house of Dagon ,
and set it by Dagon .
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And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow ,
behold ,
Dagon was fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the LORD .
And they took Dagon ,
and set #
him in his place again .
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And when they arose early on the morrow morning ,
behold ,
Dagon was fallen upon 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 upon the threshold ;
only the stump of Dagon was left to him .
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Therefore neither the priests of Dagon ,
nor any that come into Dagons house ,
tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this day .
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But the hand of the LORD was heavy upon them of Ashdod ,
and he destroyed them ,
and smote them with emerods t @,
even Ashdod and the coasts thereof .
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And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so ,
they said ,
The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us :
for his hand is sore upon us ,
and upon Dagon our god .
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They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines unto them ,
and said ,
What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel Yisra #
el #?
And they answered ,
Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried about unto Gath .
And they carried #
the ark of the God of Israel about thither .
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And it was so ,
that ,
after they had carried it about ,
the hand of the LORD was against the city with a very great destruction :
and he smote the men of the city ,
both small and great ,
and they had emerods t @
in their secret parts .
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Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron .
And it came to pass ,
as the ark of God came to Ekron ,
that the Ekronites cried out ,
saying ,
They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us ,
to slay us and our people .
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So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines ,
and said ,
Send away the ark of the God of Israel Yisra #
el #,
and let it go again to his own place ,
that it slay us not ,
and our people :
for there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city ;
the hand of God was very heavy there .
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And the men that died not were smitten with the emerods t @:
and the cry of the city went up to heaven .