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I
Samuel
Chapter
5
1
And the Philistines took the ark of 'Elohiym/Godhead,
and
brought it from Ebenezer unto Ashdod.
2
When the Philistines took the ark of 'Elohiym/Godhead,
they
brought it into the house of Dagon {an idol},
and
set it by Dagon.
3
And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold,
Dagon
was fallen upon his face to the earth
before
the ark of Jehovah/God.
And
they took Dagon, and set him in his place again.
4
And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold,
Dagon
was fallen upon his face to the ground
before
the ark of Jehovah/God;
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.
5
Therefore neither the priests of Dagon,
nor
any that come into Dagon's house,
tread
on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this day.
6
But the hand of Jehovah/God
was
heavy upon them of Ashdod,
and
he destroyed them,
and
smote them with emerods,
even
Ashdod and the coasts thereof.
7
And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said,
The
ark of the 'Elohiym/Godhead of Israel
shall
not abide with us
for
his hand is sore upon us,
and
upon Dagon our 'el/god.
8
They sent therefore and gathered
all
lords of the Philistines unto them,
and
said, What shall we do with
the
ark of the 'Elohiym/Godhead of Israel?
And
they answered, Let the ark
of
the 'Elohiym/Godhead of Israel
be
carried about unto Gath.
And
they carried the ark
of
the 'Elohiym/Godhead of Israel about there.
9
And it was so, that, after they had carried it about,
the
hand of Jehovah/God 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 in their secret parts.
10
Therefore they sent the ark of 'Elohiym/Godhead to Ekron.
And
it came to pass, as the ark of 'Elohiym/Godhead
came
to Ekron,
that
the Ekronites cried out, saying,
They
have brought about
the
ark of the 'Elohiym/Godhead of Israel to us,
to
slay us and our people.
11
So they sent and gathered together all lords of the Philistines,
and
said, Send away the ark of the 'Elohiym/Godhead of Israel,
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 'Elohiym/Godhead was very heavy there.
12
And the men that died not were smitten with the emerods
and
the cry of the city went up to heaven.
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