Most Popular Bible Verses in 1 Samuel 5
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The Lord’s hand was heavy on the people of Ashdod,
When the men of Ashdod saw what was happening, they said, “The ark of Israel’s God must not stay here with us, because His hand is strongly against us and our god Dagon.”
So they called all the Philistine rulers together
“The ark of Israel’s God should be moved to Gath,” they replied. So the men of Ashdod moved the ark.
The Gittites then sent the ark of God to Ekron, but when it got there, the Ekronites cried out, “They’ve moved the ark of Israel’s God to us to kill us and our people!”
After the Philistines had captured the ark of God, they took it from Ebenezer
After they had moved it, the Lord’s hand was against the city of Gath,
The Ekronites called all the Philistine rulers together.
The men who did not die were afflicted with tumors, and the outcry of the city went up to heaven.
That is why, to this day, the priests of Dagon and everyone who enters the temple of Dagon in Ashdod do not step on Dagon’s threshold.
But when they got up early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen with his face to the ground before the ark of the Lord. This time, both Dagon’s head and the palms of his hands were broken off and lying on the threshold. Only Dagon’s torso remained.
When the people of Ashdod got up early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen with his face to the ground before the ark of the Lord.