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Chapter 5 And the Philistines took the ark
of God, and brought it from Ebenezer unto

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Ashdod.

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When the Philistines took the ark of God,
they brought it into the house of Dagon,

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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

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face to the earth before the ark of the
Lord.

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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

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face to the ground before the ark of the
Lord.

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And the head of Dagon, and both the palms
of his hands, were cut off upon the

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threshold.

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Only the stump of Dagon was left to him.

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Therefore, neither the priests of Dagon,
nor any that come into Dagon's house,

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tread on the threshold of Dagon and Ashdod
unto this day.

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But the hand of the Lord was heavy upon
them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them,

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and smote them with emeralds, 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

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Israel shall not abide with us,
for his hand is sore upon us, and upon

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Dagon our God.

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They sent therefore, and gathered all the
lords of the Philistines unto them,

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and said, What shall we do with the ark of
the God of Israel?

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And they answered, Let the ark of the God
of Israel be carried about unto Gath.

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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

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the city with a very great destruction.

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And he smote the men of the city,
both small and great, and they had

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emeralds in their secret parts.

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Therefore they sent the ark of God to
Ekron.

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And it came to pass, as the ark of God
came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried

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out, saying, They have brought about the
ark of the God of Israel to us,

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to slay us and our people.

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So they sent and gathered together all the
lords of the Philistines, and said,

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Send away the ark of the God of Israel,
and let it go again to his own place,

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that it slay us not and our people.

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For there was a deadly destruction
throughout all the city.

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The hand of God was very heavy there.

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And the men that died not were smitten
with the emeralds, and the cry of the city

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went up to heaven.