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1 Samuel 5 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

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Yahweh’s Hand Against the Philistines

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Now the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:2 - Then the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it to the house of Dagon and set it by Dagon.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:3 - Then the Ashdodites arose early the next morning, and behold, Dagon had fallen on his face to the ground before the ark of Yahweh. So they took Dagon and set him in his place again.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:4 - But they arose early the next morning, and behold, Dagon had fallen on 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 on the threshold; [fn]only the trunk of Dagon was left to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:5 - Therefore neither the priests of Dagon nor all who enter Dagon’s house tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod to this day.

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Now the hand of Yahweh was glorious against the Ashdodites, and He made them desolate and struck them with tumors, both Ashdod and its territories.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:7 - Thus the men of Ashdod saw that it was so and said, “The ark of the God of Israel must not remain with us, for His hand is severe on us and on Dagon our god.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:8 - So they sent and gathered all the lords of the Philistines to them and said, “What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel?” And they said, “Let the ark of the God of Israel be brought around to Gath.” And they brought the ark of the God of Israel around.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:9 - Now it happened after they had brought it around, that the hand of Yahweh was against the city with very great confusion; and He struck the men of the city, both young and old, so that tumors broke out on them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:10 - So they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And as the ark of God came to Ekron the Ekronites cried out, saying, “They have brought the ark of the God of Israel around to [fn]us, to put [fn]us and [fn]our people to death.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:11 - They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines and said, “Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it return to its own place, so that it will not put [fn]us and [fn]our people to death.” For there was a deadly confusion throughout the city; the hand of God was very glorious there.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:12 - Now the men who did not die were struck with tumors and the cry of the city went up to heaven.
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As in ancient versions; Heb only Dagon
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