1After the Philistines had captured the ark of God, they took it from Ebenezer to Ashdod,stylus1 Samuel 7:12, 1 Samuel 7:12, 1 Samuel 4:1, 1 Samuel 4:1, 1 Samuel 4:222carried it into the temple of Dagon, and set it beside his statue.stylusJudges 16:23, Judges 16:23, 1 Chronicles 10:10, Daniel 5:23, Daniel 5:23When the people of Ashdod got up early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen on his face before the ark of the LORD. So they took Dagon and returned him to his place.stylusIsaiah 19:1, Isaiah 19:1, Isaiah 46:1, Isaiah 46:2, Isaiah 46:14But when they got up early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen on his face before the ark of the LORD, with his head and his hands broken off and lying on the threshold. Only the torso remained.stylusMicah 1:7, Micah 1:7, Isaiah 2:18, Isaiah 2:19, Jeremiah 10:115That is why, to this day, the priests of Dagon and all who enter the temple of Dagon in Ashdod do not step on the threshold.stylusZephaniah 1:9, Zephaniah 1:9, Psalms 115:4, Psalms 115:7, Psalms 115:46Now the hand of the LORD was heavy on the people of Ashdod and its vicinity, ravaging them and afflicting them with tumors.stylus1 Samuel 5:11, 1 Samuel 5:11, Deuteronomy 28:27, Exodus 9:3, Psalms 32:47And when the men of Ashdod saw what was happening, they said, “The ark of the God of Israel must not stay here with us, because His hand is heavy upon us and upon our god Dagon.”stylusExodus 12:33, Exodus 12:33, Jeremiah 46:25, 1 Samuel 4:8, Exodus 8:88So they called together all the rulers of the Philistines and asked, “What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel?” “It must be moved to Gath,” they replied. So they carried away the ark of the God of Israel.stylus1 Samuel 17:4, 1 Samuel 5:11, Zechariah 12:3, Amos 6:2, 1 Samuel 17:49But after they had moved the ark to Gath, the LORD’s hand was also against that city, throwing it into great confusion and afflicting the men of the city, both young and old, with an outbreak of tumors.stylus1 Samuel 5:6, 1 Samuel 5:6, 1 Samuel 7:13, Deuteronomy 2:15, 1 Samuel 7:1310So they sent the ark of God to Ekron, but as it arrived, the Ekronites cried out, “They have brought us the ark of the God of Israel in order to kill us and our people!”stylusAmos 1:8, Amos 1:8, Judges 1:18, 2 Kings 1:2, Joshua 15:4511Then the Ekronites assembled all the rulers of the Philistines and said, “Send away the ark of the God of Israel. It must return to its place, so that it will not kill us and our people!” For a deadly confusion had pervaded the city; the hand of God was heavy upon it.stylus1 Samuel 5:6, 1 Samuel 5:6, Jeremiah 48:42, Jeremiah 48:44, Isaiah 13:712Those who did not die were afflicted with tumors, and the outcry of the city went up to heaven.stylusExodus 12:30, Exodus 12:30, Amos 5:19, Amos 5:19, Jeremiah 48:3
