1Sa 5:1 | The Philistines having brought the ark into Ashdod, set it in the house of Dagon. |
1Sa 5:1 ARK ASHDOD OR AZOTUS EBEN-EZER Ashdod Ebenezer | ¶ And the Philistines took1 the ark of God, and brought it from Ebenezer2 unto Ashdod3. |
1Sa 5:2 FALSE WORSHIP FALSE WORSHIP PHILISTINES | When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon5, and set it by Dagon. |
1Sa 5:3 | Dagon is smitten down and cut in pieces, and they of Ashdod smitten with emerods. |
1Sa 5:3 Ashdod | And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was6 fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the LORD. And they took Dagon, and set him7 in his place again. |
1Sa 5:4 EARLY RISING | 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 head8 of Dagon9 and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold; only the stump12 of Dagon was left to him. |
1Sa 5:5 LEADERS, RELIGIOUS Ashdod | Therefore neither13 the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon's house, tread14 on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this day. |
1Sa 5:6 HAND, DIVINE HEALTH-DISEASE JUDGMENTS, GOD'S Ashdod | ¶ But the hand15 of the LORD was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them with emerods16, even Ashdod and the coasts thereof17. |
1Sa 5:7 Ashdod | And when the men of Ashdod saw19 that it was so, they said, The ark20 of the God of Israel shall not abide with us: for his hand is sore upon us, and upon Dagon our god21. |
1Sa 5:8 | So God deals with them of Gath, when it was brought thither; |
1Sa 5:8 GATH Gath | They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines unto them, and said, What shall22 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 Gath23. And they carried the ark of the God of Israel about thither. |
1Sa 5:9 | And it was so, that, after they had carried it about, the hand24 of the LORD was against the city with a very25 great destruction: and he smote the men of the city, both small and great, and they had emerods26 in their secret parts. |
1Sa 5:10 | and so with them of Ekron, when it was brought thither. |
1Sa 5:10 EKRON Ekron | ¶ Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron27. 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 people28. |
1Sa 5:11 | 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 people29: for there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand30 of God was very heavy there. |
1Sa 5:12 | And the men that died31 not were smitten with the emerods: and the cry32 of the city went up to heaven. |