So they sent and gathered together all YY s of the Plishtim, and said, Send away the ark of the Elohim of Yisrael, and let it go again to his own place, that it slay us not, and our people: for there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand of Elohim was very heavy there.
And now, behold, the hand of YY is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand.
Behold, the hand of YY is upon thy cattle which is in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the oxen, and upon the sheep: there shall be a very grievous murrain.
And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the Elohim of Yisrael shall not abide with us: for his hand is sore upon us, and upon Dagon our Elohim.
And it was so, that, after they had carried it about, the hand of YY was against the city with a very great destruction: and he smote the men of the city, both small and great, and they had emerods in their secret parts.