1 Samuel
5:1	And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Ebenezer
	unto Ashdod.
5:2	When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house
	of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.
5:3	And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was
	fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the LORD. And they
	took Dagon, and set him in his place again.
5:4	And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was
	fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD; 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.
5:5	Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon's
	house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this day.
5:6	But the hand of the LORD was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed
	them, and smote them with emerods, even Ashdod and the coasts thereof.
5:7	And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the
	God of Israel shall not abide with us: for his hand is sore upon us, and
	upon Dagon our god.
5:8	They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines unto
	them, and said, What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel? And
	they answered, Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried about unto
	Gath. And they carried the ark of the God of Israel about thither.
5:9	And it was so, that, after they had carried it about, the hand of the
	LORD 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.
5:10	Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And it came to pass, as the
	ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They
	have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to slay us and
	our people.
5:11	So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and
	said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, 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 God was very heavy
	there.
5:12	And the men that died not were smitten with the emerods: and the cry of
	the city went up to heaven.