The LORD’s ark was in the country of the Philistines seven months.
and delivered his strength into captivity, his glory into the adversary’s hand.
Now the Philistines had taken God’s ark, and they brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.
The men who didn’t die were struck with the tumours; and the cry of the city went up to heaven.
When the people of Ashdod arose early on the next day, behold, Dagon had fallen on his face to the ground before the LORD’s ark. They took Dagon and set him in his place again.
The Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, “What shall we do with the LORD’s ark? Show us how we should send it to its place.”