5 SHEMU'EL -1- SAMUEL 5

Dagon Is Broken Before The Ark

1 SHEMU'EL - 1 SAMUEL 5:1

  1     ^¶  And the Philistines took the ark of YAHWEH, and brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.

1 SHEMU'EL - 1 SAMUEL 5:2

  2    When the Philistines took the ark of YAHWEH, they brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.

1 SHEMU'EL - 1 SAMUEL 5:3

  3    And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of YAHWEH. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again.

1 SHEMU'EL - 1 SAMUEL 5:4

  4    And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of YAHWEH; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold; only [the stump of] Dagon was left to him.

1 SHEMU'EL - 1 SAMUEL 5:5

  5    Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon's house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod to this day.

The Philistine Smitten

1 SHEMU'EL - 1 SAMUEL 5:6

  6     ^¶  But the hand of YAHWEH was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them with emerods, even Ashdod and the coasts thereof.

1 SHEMU'EL - 1 SAMUEL 5:7

  7    And when the men of Ashdod saw that [it was] so, they said, The ark of YAHWEH the Sovereign Ruler of Yisrael shall not abide with us: for his hand is sore upon us, and upon Dagon our god.

1 SHEMU'EL - 1 SAMUEL 5:8

  8    They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines to them, and said, What shall we do with the ark of YAHWEH the Sovereign Ruler of Yisrael? And they answered, Let the ark of YAHWEH the Sovereign Ruler of Yisrael be carried about to Gath. And they carried the ark of YAHWEH the Sovereign Ruler of Yisrael about [thither].

1 SHEMU'EL - 1 SAMUEL 5:9

  9    And it was so, that, after they had carried it about, the hand of YAHWEH 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.

1 SHEMU'EL - 1 SAMUEL 5:10

  10    Therefore they sent the ark of YAHWEH to Ekron. And it came to pass, as the ark of YAHWEH came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought about the ark of YAHWEH the Sovereign Ruler of Yisrael to us, to slay us and our people.

1 SHEMU'EL - 1 SAMUEL 5:11

  11    So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of YAHWEH the Sovereign Ruler 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 YAHWEH was very heavy there.

1 SHEMU'EL - 1 SAMUEL 5:12

  12    And the men that died not were smitten with the emerods: and the cry of the city went up to heaven.