1 Samuel 5 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

Capture of the Ark Provokes God

1Sa 5:1When the Philistines captured the ark of God, they carried it from Ebene'zer to Ashdod;

1Sa 5:2then the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it into the house of Dagon and set it up beside Dagon.

1Sa 5:3And when the people of Ashdod rose early the next day, behold, Dagon had fallen face downward on the ground before the ark of the LORD. So they took Dagon and put him back in his place.

1Sa 5:4

1Sa 5:4But when they rose early on the next morning, behold, Dagon had fallen face downward on the ground before the ark of the LORD, and the head of Dagon and both his hands were lying cut off upon the threshold; only the trunk of Dagon was left to him.

1Sa 5:5

1Sa 5:5This is why the priests of Dagon and all who enter the house of Dagon do not tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod to this day.

1Sa 5:6

1Sa 5:6The hand of the LORD was heavy upon the people of Ashdod, and he terrified and afflicted them with tumors, both Ashdod and its territory.

1Sa 5:7

1Sa 5:7And when the men of Ashdod saw how things were, they said, "The ark of the God of Israel must not remain with us; for his hand is heavy upon us and upon Dagon our god."

1Sa 5:8

1Sa 5:8So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, "What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel?" They answered, "Let the ark of the God of Israel be brought around to Gath." So they brought the ark of the God of Israel there.

1Sa 5:9

1Sa 5:9But after they had brought it around, the hand of the LORD was against the city, causing a very great panic, and he afflicted the men of the city, both young and old, so that tumors broke out upon them.

1Sa 5:10

1Sa 5:10So they sent the ark of God to Ekron. But when the ark of God came to Ekron, the people of Ekron cried out, "They have brought around to us the ark of the God of Israel to slay us and our people."

1Sa 5:11

1Sa 5:11They sent therefore and gathered together 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, that it may not slay us and our people." For there was a deathly panic throughout the whole city. The hand of God was very heavy there;

1Sa 5:12

1Sa 5:12the men who did not die were stricken with tumors, and the cry of the city went up to heaven.

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Capture of the Ark Provokes God

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