1 Samuel 5 - The Scriptures 1998

¹ And the Philistines took the ark of Elohim and brought it from Eḇ

² and the Philistines took the ark of Elohim and brought it into the house of Dagon and set it by Dagon.

³ And the Ashdoḏ

⁴ And they arose early the next morning and saw Dagon fallen on its face to the ground before the ark of יהוה, and the head of Dagon and both the palms of its hands cut off, on the threshold, only Dagon itself was left of it.

⁵ That is why, to this day, the priests of Dagon and all who come into Dagon’s house do not tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdoḏ

⁶ But the hand of יהוה  was heavy on the Ashdoḏ

⁷ And when the men of Ashdoḏ

⁸ Then they sent and gathered to them all the princes of the Philistines, and said, “What do we do with the ark of the Elohim of Yisra’ĕ

⁹ And it came to be, after they removed it, that the hand of יהוה  was against the city with a very great destruction. And He smote the men of the city, from the least to the greatest, and tumours broke out on them.

¹⁰ They then sent the ark of Elohim to Eqron. And it came to be, as the ark of Elohim came to Eqron, that the Eqronites cried out, saying, “They have removed the ark of the Elohim of Yisra’ĕ

¹¹ And they sent and gathered together all the princes of the Philistines, and said, “Send away the ark of the Elohim of Yisra’ĕ

¹² And the men who did not die were smitten with tumours, and the cry of the city went up to the heavens.