Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
KJV
King James Version
After
the Philistines had
captured
the ark of God, they
took
it from Ebenezer to
Ashdod ,
And
the Philistines took
the ark of God, and
brought
it from Ebenezer unto
Ashdod .
carried
it into the temple
of Dagon, and set it beside
his
statue
.
When
the
Philistines
took
the
ark
of
God,
they
brought
it into the house
of Dagon, and set it by
Dagon
.
When the
people
of Ashdod got
up
early the next
morning
, there
was
Dagon
, fallen on
his face before the ark of the LORD. So
they took Dagon and returned
him to
his place.
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
.
But
when they got
up
early the next
morning, there
was
Dagon
, fallen on
his face before the ark of the LORD ,
with
his
head and his hands broken
off and
lying
on
the threshold .
Only the torso
remained
.
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
.
That
is
why,
to
this
day,
the priests of Dagon and
all
who
enter
the temple
of Dagon in Ashdod do
not
step
on
the
threshold
.
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
.
Now
the hand of the LORD was heavy on
the
people
of Ashdod and
its
vicinity
, ravaging
them and afflicting
them with tumors
.
But
the hand of the LORD was heavy upon
them
of Ashdod, and
he
destroyed
them ,
and smote
them with emerods,
even
Ashdod
and
the
coasts
thereof
.
And when the men of Ashdod saw what
was happening
, they said, “
The ark of the God of Israel must
not stay
here
with us ,
because
His hand is heavy
upon us and upon our god Dagon
. ”
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.
So
they called
together
all the rulers
of the Philistines and asked
, “
What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel? ”
“It
must
be moved
to
Gath ,”
they
replied
. So
they carried away
the ark of the God of Israel.
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? 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
.
But
after they had moved
the
ark
to
Gath
, the LORD’s
hand was also
against that
city ,
throwing
it
into
great confusion
and afflicting
the men of the city, both young
and old
, with
an
outbreak
of
tumors
.
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
in
their
secret
parts
.
So
they sent the ark of God to Ekron, but
as it
arrived
, the Ekronites cried out, “
They have brought us
the ark of the God of Israel in
order
to kill
us and our people !”
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 .
Then
the
Ekronites
assembled
all the rulers
of the Philistines and said, “
Send away the ark of the God of Israel .
It must
return
to its
place, so
that it will
not
kill
us and our people !”
For a deadly confusion
had
pervaded
the city; the hand of God was heavy upon
it
.
So
they
sent
and
gathered
together
all the lords
of the Philistines ,
and said, Send away the ark of the God 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 God was very
heavy there
.
Those
who
did
not die
were afflicted
with tumors,
and the outcry
of the city went up to heaven.
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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