1 Samuel 5:7

Plain English Version

After they saw that bad sickness, they said to each other, “We’re in big trouble with the God of the Israel mob. And now he hits Dagon as well. We’ve got to throw away that special box.”

Cross References

1 Samuel 4:8

Nobody can save us from their powerful gods. Their gods helped them when they were in the desert. They hit the Egypt mob with all kinds of sickness and other trouble.

1 Samuel 5:6

Then God made trouble for the people of Ashdod and the country around that town. He made everybody really sick, with lots of boils.

1 Samuel 5:8

So they sent messengers to the bosses from other places of the Philistia nation to come and meet together at Ashdod. They asked them, “What will we do with this box of the God of the Israel mob?” They answered, “Send it to another place now, to the town called Gath.” So then they took the special box to Gath.