Dual Panel1And the Philistines <06430> took <03947> (8804) the ark <0727> of God <0430>_, and brought <0935> (8686) it from Ebenezer <072> unto Ashdod <0795>_.
2When the Philistines <06430> took <03947> (8799) the ark <0727> of God <0430>_, they brought <0935> (8686) it into the house <01004> of Dagon <01712>_, and set <03322> (8686) it by <0681> Dagon <01712>_.
3And when they of Ashdod <0796> arose early <07925> (8686) on the morrow <04283>_, behold, Dagon <01712> [was] fallen <05307> (8802) upon his face <06440> to the earth <0776> before <06440> the ark <0727> of the LORD <03068>_. And they took <03947> (8799) Dagon <01712>_, and set <07725> (0) him in his place <04725> again <07725> (8686)_.
4And when they arose early <07925> (8686) on the morrow <04283> morning <01242>_, behold, Dagon <01712> [was] fallen <05307> (8802) upon his face <06440> to the ground <0776> before <06440> the ark <0727> of the LORD <03068>_; and the head <07218> of Dagon <01712> and both <08147> the palms <03709> of his hands <03027> [were] cut off <03772> (8803) upon the threshold <04670>_; only [the stump of] Dagon <01712> was left <07604> (8738) to him. {the stump...: or, the fishy part}
5Therefore neither the priests <03548> of Dagon <01712>_, nor any that come <0935> (8802) into Dagon's <01712> house <01004>_, tread <01869> (8799) on the threshold <04670> of Dagon <01712> in Ashdod <0795> unto this day <03117>_.
6But the hand <03027> of the LORD <03068> was heavy <03513> (8799) upon them of Ashdod <0796>_, and he destroyed <08074> (8686) them, and smote <05221> (8686) them with emerods <02914> (8675) <06076>_, [even] Ashdod <0795> and the coasts <01366> thereof.
7And when the men <0582> of Ashdod <0795> saw <07200> (8799) that [it was] so, they said <0559> (8804)_, The ark <0727> of the God <0430> of Israel <03478> shall not abide <03427> (8799) with us: for his hand <03027> is sore <07185> (8804) upon us, and upon Dagon <01712> our god <0430>_.
8They sent <07971> (8799) therefore and gathered <0622> (8799) all the lords <05633> of the Philistines <06430> unto them, and said <0559> (8799)_, What shall we do <06213> (8799) with the ark <0727> of the God <0430> of Israel <03478>_? And they answered <0559> (8799)_, Let the ark <0727> of the God <0430> of Israel <03478> be carried about <05437> (8735) unto Gath <01661>_. And they carried <05437> (0) the ark <0727> of the God <0430> of Israel <03478> about <05437> (8686) [thither].
9And it was [so], that, after <0310> they had carried it about <05437> (8689)_, the hand <03027> of the LORD <03068> was against the city <05892> with a very <03966> great <01419> destruction <04103>_: and he smote <05221> (8686) the men <0582> of the city <05892>_, both small <06996> and great <01419>_, and they had emerods <02914> (8675) <06076> in their secret parts <08368> (8735)_.
10Therefore they sent <07971> (8762) the ark <0727> of God <0430> to Ekron <06138>_. And it came to pass, as the ark <0727> of God <0430> came <0935> (8800) to Ekron <06138>_, that the Ekronites <06139> cried out <02199> (8799)_, saying <0559> (8800)_, They have brought about <05437> (8689) the ark <0727> of the God <0430> of Israel <03478> to us, to slay <04191> (8687) us and our people <05971>_. {us, to...: Heb. me to slay me and my}
11So they sent <07971> (8799) and gathered together <0622> (8799) all the lords <05633> of the Philistines <06430>_, and said <0559> (8799)_, Send away <07971> (8761) the ark <0727> of the God <0430> of Israel <03478>_, and let it go again <07725> (8799) to his own place <04725>_, that it slay <04191> (8686) us not, and our people <05971>_: for there was a deadly <04194> destruction <04103> throughout all the city <05892>_; the hand <03027> of God <0430> was very <03966> heavy <03513> (8804) there. {us not...: Heb. me not, and my}
12And the men <0582> that died <04191> (8804) not were smitten <05221> (8717) with the emerods <02914> (8675) <06076>_: and the cry <07775> of the city <05892> went up <05927> (8799) to heaven <08064>_.