<vn='1'>And the <sn="6430">Philistines</s><sn="3947">took</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="727">ark</s> of <sn="430">God</s>, and <sn="935">brought</s> it from <sn="4480 72">Ebenezer</s> unto <sn="795">Ashdod</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>When the <sn="6430">Philistines</s><sn="3947">took</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="727">ark</s> of <sn="430">God</s>, they <sn="935">brought</s> it into the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="1712">Dagon</s>, and <sn="3322">set</s> it <sn="681">by</s><sn="1712">Dagon</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>And when they of <sn="795">Ashdod</s> arose <sn="7925">early</s> on the <sn="4480 4283">morrow</s>, <sn="2009">behold</s>, <sn="1712">Dagon</s> was <sn="5307">fallen</s> upon his <sn="6440">face</s> to the <sn="776">earth</s><sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="727">ark</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. And they <sn="3947">took</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="1712">Dagon</s>, and <sn="7725">set</s> him in his <sn="4725">place</s> again. </v>
<vn='4'>And when they arose <sn="7925">early</s> on the <sn="4480 4283">morrow</s><sn="1242">morning</s>, <sn="2009">behold</s>, <sn="1712">Dagon</s> was <sn="5307">fallen</s> upon his <sn="6440">face</s> to the <sn="776">ground</s><sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="727">ark</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; and the <sn="7218">head</s> of <sn="1712">Dagon</s> and <sn="8147">both</s> the <sn="3709">palms</s> of his <sn="3027">hands</s> were cut <sn="3772">off</s><sn="413">upon</s> the <sn="4670">threshold</s>; <sn="7535">only</s> the stump of <sn="1712">Dagon</s> was <sn="7604">left</s><sn="5921">to</s> him. </v>
<vn='5'><sn="5921 3651">Therefore</s><sn="3808">neither</s> the <sn="3548">priests</s> of <sn="1712">Dagon</s>, nor <sn="3605">any</s> that <sn="935">come</s> into <sn="1712">Dagon</s> 's <sn="1004">house</s>, <sn="1869">tread</s><sn="5921">on</s> the <sn="4670">threshold</s> of <sn="1712">Dagon</s> in <sn="795">Ashdod</s><sn="5704">unto</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="3117">day</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>But the <sn="3027">hand</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> was <sn="3513">heavy</s><sn="413">upon</s> them of <sn="795">Ashdod</s>, and he <sn="8074">destroyed</s> them, and <sn="5221">smote</s> them with <sn="6076">emerods</s>, even <sn="*853"></s><sn="795">Ashdod</s> and the <sn="1366">coasts</s> thereof. </v>
<vn='7'>And when the <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="795">Ashdod</s><sn="7200">saw</s><sn="3588">that</s> it was <sn="3651">so</s>, they <sn="559">said</s>, The <sn="727">ark</s> of the <sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="3427">abide</s><sn="5973">with</s> us: <sn="3588">for</s> his <sn="3027">hand</s> is <sn="7185">sore</s><sn="5921">upon</s> us, and <sn="5921">upon</s><sn="1712">Dagon</s> our <sn="430">god</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>They <sn="7971">sent</s> therefore and <sn="622">gathered</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5633">lords</s> of the <sn="6430">Philistines</s><sn="413">unto</s> them, and <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="4100">What</s> shall we <sn="6213">do</s> with the <sn="727">ark</s> of the <sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>? And they <sn="559">answered</s>, Let the <sn="727">ark</s> of the <sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> be carried <sn="5437">about</s> unto <sn="1661">Gath</s>. And they <sn="5437">carried</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="727">ark</s> of the <sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> about thither. </v>
<vn='9'>And it <sn="1961">was</s> so, that, <sn="310">after</s> they had carried it <sn="5437 *853">about</s>, the <sn="3027">hand</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="1961">was</s> against the <sn="5892">city</s> with a <sn="3966">very</s><sn="1419">great</s><sn="4103">destruction</s>: and he <sn="5221">smote</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="376">men</s> of the <sn="5892">city</s>, both <sn="4480 6996">small</s> and <sn="1419">great</s>, and they had <sn="6076">emerods</s> in their secret <sn="8368">parts</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>Therefore they <sn="7971">sent</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="727">ark</s> of <sn="430">God</s> to <sn="6138">Ekron</s>. And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s>, as the <sn="727">ark</s> of <sn="430">God</s><sn="935">came</s> to <sn="6138">Ekron</s>, that the <sn="6139">Ekronites</s> cried <sn="2199">out</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, They have brought <sn="5437">about</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="727">ark</s> of the <sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="413">to</s> us, to <sn="4191">slay</s> us and our <sn="5971">people</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>So they <sn="7971">sent</s> and gathered <sn="622">together</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5633">lords</s> of the <sn="6430">Philistines</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, Send <sn="7971">away</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="727">ark</s> of the <sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, and let it go <sn="7725">again</s> to his own <sn="4725">place</s>, that it <sn="4191">slay</s> us <sn="3808">not</s>, and our <sn="5971">people</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> there <sn="1961">was</s> a <sn="4194">deadly</s><sn="4103">destruction</s> throughout <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5892">city</s>; the <sn="3027">hand</s> of <sn="430">God</s> was <sn="3966">very</s><sn="3513">heavy</s><sn="8033">there</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>And the <sn="376">men</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="4191">died</s><sn="3808">not</s> were <sn="5221">smitten</s> with the <sn="6076">emerods</s>: and the <sn="7775">cry</s> of the <sn="5892">city</s> went <sn="5927">up</s> to <sn="8064">heaven</s>. </v>