Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
After
the Philistines had
captured
the ark of God, they
took
it from Ebenezer
to Ashdod,
And
the Philistines have
taken
the ark of God, and
bring
it in
from Eben-Ezer
to Ashdod,
carried
it into the temple
of Dagon, and set it beside
his
statue
.
and
the
Philistines
take
the
ark
of
God
and
bring
it into the house
of Dagon, and set it near
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
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.
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
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;
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
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
.
Now
the hand of the
LORD
was
heavy on the people
of
Ashdod
and
its
vicinity
, ravaging
them and afflicting
them with tumors
.
And
the hand of Jehovah
is
heavy on the Ashdodites
, and
He
maketh
them desolate,
and smiteth
them with emerods,
Ashdod
and
its
borders
.
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 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. '
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 .
And
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 ;
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
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
.
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 !”
And
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 .'
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.
And
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,
Those
who did
not die
were
afflicted
with tumors
, and the outcry
of the city went
up to
heaven
.
and
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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