5:1 And the Philistines took the ark of Elohim,
and brought it from Abenezer to Azotus.
5:2 And the Philistines took the ark of Yehovah, and brought it into the
house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.
5:3 And the people of Azotus rose early, and entered into the house of
Dagon; and looked, and behold, Dagon had fallen on his face before the ark
of Yehovah: and they lifted up Dagon, and set him in his place. And the
hand of Yehovah was heavy upon the Azotians, and he plagued them, and he
smote them in their secret parts, Azotus and her coasts.
5:4 And it came to pass when they rose early in the morning, behold, Dagon
had fallen on his face before the ark of the covenant of Yehovah; and the
head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands [were] cut off each before the
threshold, and both the wrists of his hands had fallen on the floor of the
porch; only the stump of Dagon was left.
5:5 Therefore the priests of Dagon, and every one that enters into the house
of Dagon, do not tread upon the threshold of the house of Dagon in Azotus
until this day, for they step over.
5:6 And the hand of Yehovah was heavy upon Azotus, and he brought evil upon
them, and it burst out upon them into the ships, and mice sprang up in the
midst of their country, and there was a great and indiscriminate mortality
in the city.
5:7 And the men of Azotus saw that [it was] so, and they said, The ark of
the Elohim of Israel shall not abide with us, for his hand [is] heavy upon us
and upon Dagon our god.
5:8 And they send and gather the lords of the Philistines to them, and say,
What shall we do to the ark of the Elohim of Israel? and the Gittites say, Let
the ark of Elohim come over to us; and the ark of the Elohim of Israel came to
Geth.
5:9 And it came to pass after it went about to Geth, that the hand of the
Lord comes upon the city, a very great confusion; and he smote the men of
the city small and great, and smote them in their secret parts: and the
Gittites made to themselves images of emerods.
5:10 And they send away the ark of Elohim to Ascalon; and it came to pass when
the ark of Elohim went into Ascalon, that the men of Ascalon cried out, saying,
Why have ye brought back the ark of the Elohim of Israel to us, to kill us and
our people?
5:11 And they send and gather the lords of the Philistines, and they said,
Send away the ark of the Elohim of Israel, and let it lodge in its place; and
let it not slay us and our people.
5:12 For there was a very great confusion in all the city, when the ark of
the Elohim of Israel entered there; and those, who lived and died not were
smitten with emerods; and the cry of the city went up to heaven. |
5:1 And the Philistines took the ark of Elohim,
and brought it from Ebenezer unto Ashdod.
5:2 When the Philistines took the ark of Elohim, 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 Yehovah. 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 Yehovah; 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 Yehovah 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
Elohim 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 Elohim of Israel? And they
answered, Let the ark of the Elohim of Israel be carried about unto Gath. And
they carried the ark of the Elohim of Israel about thither.
5:9 And it was so, that, after they had carried it about, the hand of the
Yehovah 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 Elohim to Ekron. And it came to pass, as
the ark of Elohim came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They
have brought about the ark of the Elohim 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 Elohim 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 Elohim 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. |