1 Samuel 5
5
1And the Philistines have taken the ark of God, and bring it in from Eben-Ezer to Ashdod,
2and the Philistines take the ark of God and bring it into the house of Dagon, and set it near Dagon.
3And the Ashdodites rise early on the morrow, and lo, Dagon is fallen on its face to the earth, before the ark of Jehovah; and they take Dagon, and put it back to its place.
4And they rise early in the morning on the morrow, and lo, Dagon is fallen on its face to the earth, before the ark of Jehovah, and the head of Dagon, and the two palms of its hands are cut off at the threshold, only the fishy part hath been left to him;
5therefore the priests of Dagon, and all those coming into the house of Dagon, tread not on the threshold of Dagon, in Ashdod, till this day.
6And the hand of Jehovah is heavy on the Ashdodites, and He maketh them desolate, and smiteth them with emerods, Ashdod and its borders.
7And the men of Ashdod see that [it is] so, and have said, ‘The ark of the God of Israel doth not abide with us, for hard hath been His hand upon us, and upon Dagon our god.’
8And they send and gather all the princes of the Philistines unto them, and say, ‘What do we do to the ark of the God of Israel?’ and they say, ‘To Gath let the ark of the God of Israel be brought round;’ and they bring round the ark of the God of Israel;
9and it cometh to pass after they have brought it round, that the hand of Jehovah is against the city — a very great destruction; and He smiteth the men of the city, from small even unto great; and break forth on them do emerods.
10And they send the ark of God to Ekron, and it cometh to pass, at the coming in of the ark of God to Ekron, that the Ekronites cry out, saying, ‘They have brought round unto us the ark of the God of Israel, to put us to death — and our people.’
11And they send and gather all the princes of the Philistines, and say, ‘Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and it turneth back to its place, and it doth not put us to death — and our people;’ for there hath been a deadly destruction throughout all the city, very heavy hath the hand of God been there,
12and the men who have not died have been smitten with emerods, and the cry of the city goeth up into the heavens.
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1 Samuel 5
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The Ark in Philistine Hands
1After the Philistines had captured the ark of God, they took it from Ebenezer#1Sm 4:1; 7:12 to Ashdod,#Jos 13:3 2brought it into the temple of Dagon#5:2 A Philistine god of the sea, grain, or storm#Jdg 16:23–24; 1Ch 10:8–10 and placed it next to his statue.#5:2 Lit to Dagon 3When the people of Ashdod got up early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen with his face to the ground before the ark of the Lord.#Is 46:1–9 So they took Dagon and returned him to his place. 4But when they got up early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen with his face to the ground before the ark of the Lord. This time, Dagon’s head and both of his hands were broken off and lying on the threshold. Only Dagon’s torso remained.#5:4 LXX; Hb reads Only Dagon remained on it 5That is why, still today, the priests of Dagon and everyone who enters the temple of Dagon in Ashdod do not step on Dagon’s threshold.
6The Lord’s hand was heavy on the people of Ashdod.#Ex 9:3; 1Sm 5:7,11 He terrified#1Sm 6:5 the people of Ashdod and its territory and afflicted them with tumors.#5:6 LXX adds He brought up mice against them, and they swarmed in their ships. Then mice went up into the land and there was a mortal panic in the city.#5:6 Perhaps bubonic plague#Dt 28:27; Ps 78:66 7When the people of Ashdod saw what was happening, they said, “The ark of Israel’s God must not stay here with us, because his hand is strongly against us and our god Dagon.” 8So they called all the Philistine rulers together#1Sm 5:11; 29:6–11 and asked, “What should we do with the ark of Israel’s God?”
“The ark of Israel’s God should be moved to Gath,” they replied. So they moved the ark of Israel’s God. 9After they had moved it, the Lord’s hand was against the city of Gath,#1Sm 5:11; 7:13 causing a great panic. He afflicted the people of the city, from the youngest to the oldest, with an outbreak of tumors.#1Sm 5:6
10The people of Gath then sent the ark of God to Ekron, but when it got there, the Ekronites cried out, “They’ve moved the ark of Israel’s God to us to kill us and our people!” #5:10 DSS, LXX read “Why have you moved... people?”
11The Ekronites called all the Philistine rulers together.#1Sm 5:8 They said, “Send the ark of Israel’s God away. Let it return to its place so it won’t kill us and our people!” #5:11 DSS, LXX read “Why don’t you return it to... people?” For the fear of death pervaded the city; God’s hand was oppressing them.#1Sm 5:6,9 12Those who did not die were afflicted with tumors, and the outcry of the city went up to heaven.#Ex 12:30
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