Dual Panel1Now the Philistines <06430> had captured <03947> the ark <0727> of God <0430> and brought <0935> it from Ebenezer <072> to Ashdod <0795>.
2The Philistines <06430> took <03947> the ark <0727> of God <0430> and brought <0935> it into the temple <01004> of Dagon <01712>, where they positioned <03322> it beside <0681> Dagon <01712>.
3When the residents of Ashdod <0796> got up early <07925> the next day <04283>, Dagon <01712> was lying <05307> on <06440> the ground <0776> before <06440> the ark <0727> of the Lord <03068>. So they took <03947> Dagon <01712> and set him back <07725> in his place <04725>.
4But when they got up <07925> early the following day <04283>, day <01242>, Dagon <01712> was again lying <05307> on <06440> the ground <0776> before <06440> the ark <0727> of the Lord <03068>. The head <07218> of Dagon <01712> and his two <08147> hands <03027> were sheared off <03772> and were lying at <0413> the threshold <04670>. Only <07535> Dagon’s <01712> body was left <07604> intact <05921>.
5(For <05921> this reason <03651>, to <05704> this very <02088> day <03117>, neither <03808> Dagon’s <01712> priests <03548> nor anyone <03605> else who enters <0935> Dagon’s <01712> temple <01004> step on <05921> Dagon’s <01712> threshold <04670> in Ashdod <0795>.)
6The Lord <03068> attacked <03513> the residents of Ashdod <0796> severely, bringing devastation <08074> on them. He struck <05221> the people of both Ashdod <0795> and the surrounding area <01366> with sores <06076>.
7When the people <0582> of Ashdod <0795> saw <07200> what was happening <03651>, they said <0559>, “The ark <0727> of the God <0430> of Israel <03478> should not <03808> remain <03427> with <05973> us, for <03588> he has attacked <07185> both us and our god <0430> Dagon <01712>!”
8So they assembled <0622> all <03605> the leaders <05633> of the Philistines <06430> and asked <0559>, “What <04100> should we do <06213> with the ark <0727> of the God <0430> of Israel <03478>?” They replied <0559>, “The ark <0727> of the God <0430> of Israel <03478> should be moved <05437> to Gath <01661>.” So they moved <05437> the ark <0727> of the God <0430> of Israel <03478>.
9But after <0310> it had been moved <05437> the Lord <03068> attacked <03027> <01961> that city <05892> as well, causing a great deal <03966> <01419> of panic <04103>. He struck <05221> all <01419> <05704> <06996> the people <0376> of that city <05892> with sores <06076> <08368>.
10So they sent <07971> the <0853> ark <0727> of God <0430> to Ekron <06138>. But when <01961> the ark <0727> of God <0430> arrived <0935> at Ekron <06138>, the residents of Ekron <06139> cried out <02199> saying <0559>, “They have brought <05437> the <0853> ark <0727> of the God <0430> of Israel <03478> here to kill <04191> our people <05971>!”
11So they assembled <0622> <07971> all <03605> the leaders <05633> of the Philistines <06430> and said <0559>, “Get <07971> the ark <0727> of the God <0430> of Israel <03478> out of here! Let it go back <07725> to its own place <04725> so that <03588> it won’t <03808> kill <04191> us and our people <05971>!” The terror <04103> of death <04194> was <01961> throughout the entire <03605> city <05892>; God <0430> was attacking <03027> them very <03966> severely <03513> there <08033>.
12The people <0376> who <0834> did not <03808> die <04191> were struck <05221> with sores <06076>; the city’s <05892> cry for help <07775> went <05927> all the way up <05927> to heaven <08064>.