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chapter 5
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And
the Philistines took the ark of God, and carried it from the Stone of help into
Azotus.
2 And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought
it into the temple of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.
3 And when the Azotians arose early the next day,
behold Dagon lay upon his face on the ground before the ark of the Lord: and
they took Dagon, and set him again in his place.
4 And the next day again, when they rose in the
morning, they found Dagon lying upon his face on the earth before the ark of
the Lord: and the head of Dagon, and both the palms of his hands were cut off
upon the threshold:
5 And only the stump of Dagon remained in its place.
For this cause neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that go into the temple
tread on the threshold of Dagon in Azotus unto this day.
6 And the hand of the Lord was heavy upon the Azotians,
and he destroyed them, and afflicted Azotus and the coasts thereof with
emerods. And in the villages and fields in the midst of that country, there
came forth a multitude of mice, and there was the confusion of a great
mortality in the city.
7 And the men of Azotus seeing this kind of plague,
said: The ark of the God of Israel shall not stay with us: for his hand is
heavy upon us, and upon Dagon our god.
8 And sending, they gathered together all the lords of
the Philistines to them, and said: What shall we do with the ark of the God of
Israel? And the Gethrites answered: Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried
about. And they carried the ark of the God of Israel about.
9 And while they were carrying it about, the band of
the Lord came upon every city with an exceeding great slaughter: and he smote
the men of every city, both small and great, and they had emerods in their
secret parts. And the Gethrites consulted together, and made themselves seats
of skins.
10 Therefore they sent the ark of God into Accaron. And
when the ark of God was come into Accaron, the Accaronites cried out, saying:
They have brought the ark of the God of Israel to us, to kill us and our
people.
11 They sent therefore and gathered together all the
lords of the Philistines: and they said: Send away the ark of the God of
Israel, and let it return into its own place, and not kill us and our people.
12 For there was the fear of death in every city, and
the hand of God was exceeding heavy. The men also that did not die, were
afflicted with the emerods: and the cry of every city went up to heaven.
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