And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not remain with us: for his hand is heavy upon us, and upon Dagon our god.
And Pharaoh’s servants said to him, How long shall this man be a snare unto us? let the men go, that they may serve the LORD their God: do you not yet know that Egypt is destroyed?
And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that you may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness; only you shall not go very far away: appeal for me.
Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Appeal to the LORD, that he may take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may do sacrifice to the LORD.
The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, says; Behold, I will punish the multitude of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their gods, and their kings; even Pharaoh, and all those who trust in him:
For because you have trusted in your works and in your treasures, you shall also be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity with his priests and his princes together.
Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods? these are the Gods that struck the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness.
They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines unto them, and said, What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel? And they answered, Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried around to Gath. And they carried the ark of the God of Israel around to there.