a 1 Sam 4:1; 7:12
b Josh 13:3
c Judg 16:23-30; 1 Chr 10:8-10
d Is 19:1; 46:1, 2
e Is 46:7
f Ezek 6:4, 6; Mic 1:7
h Zeph 1:9
i Ex 9:3; 1 Sam 5:7, 11; Ps 32:4; 145:20; 147:6; Acts 13:11
j 1 Sam 6:5
k Deut 28:27; Ps 78:66
l 1 Sam 5:11; 29:6-11
m Deut 2:15; 1 Sam 5:11; 7:13; 12:15
n 1 Sam 5:6
r 1 Sam 5:8
u 1 Sam 5:6, 9
v Ex 12:30; Is 15:3

1 Samuel 5

Capture of the Ark Provokes God

1Now the Philistines took the ark of God and abrought it from Ebenezer to bAshdod. 2Then the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it to cthe house of Dagon and set it by Dagon. 3When the Ashdodites arose early the next morning, behold, dDagon had fallen on his face to the ground before the ark of the Lord. So they took Dagon and eset him in his place again. 4But when they arose early the next morning, behold, fDagon had fallen on 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 on the threshold; ▼
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only the trunk of Dagon was left to him. 5Therefore neither the priests of Dagon nor all who enter Dagon’s house htread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod to this day.

6Now ithe hand of the Lord was heavy on the Ashdodites, and jHe ravaged them and smote them with ktumors, both Ashdod and its territories. 7When the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, “The ark of the God of Israel must not remain with us, for His hand is severe on us and on Dagon our god.” 8So they sent and lgathered all the lords of the Philistines to them and said, “What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel?” And they said, “Let the ark of the God of Israel be brought around to Gath.” And they brought the ark of the God of Israel around. 9After they had brought it around, mthe hand of the Lord was against the city with very great confusion; and He smote the men of the city, both young and old, so that ntumors broke out on them. 10So they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And as the ark of God came to Ekron the Ekronites cried out, saying, “They have brought the ark of the God of Israel around to ▼
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us, to kill ▼
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our people.” 11They rsent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines and said, “Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it return to its own place, so that it will not kill ▼
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our people.” For there was a deadly confusion throughout the city; uthe hand of God was very heavy there. 12And the men who did not die were smitten with tumors and vthe cry of the city went up to heaven.
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