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1 Samuel 5:1

The Ark Causes Trouble for the Philistines

5:1 Now the Philistines had captured the ark of God and brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.

1 Samuel 5:3

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5:3 When the residents of Ashdod got up early the next day,¹ Dagon was lying on the ground before the ark of the Lord. So they took Dagon and set him back in his place.

1 Samuel 5:10-11

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5:10 So they sent the ark of God to Ekron.

But when the ark of God arrived at Ekron, the residents of Ekron cried out saying, “They have brought the ark of the God of Israel here² to kill our³ people!” 5:11 So they assembled⁴ all the leaders of the Philistines and said, “Get the ark of the God of Israel out of here! Let it go back to its own place so that it won’t kill us⁵ and our⁶ people!” The terror⁷ of death was throughout the entire city; God was attacking them very severely there.⁸

¹tc The LXX adds “they entered the temple of Dagon and saw.”

²tn Heb “to me.”

³tn Heb “my.”

⁴tn Heb “and they sent and gathered.”

⁵tn Heb “me.”

⁶tn Heb “my.”

⁷tn Or “panic.”

⁸tn Heb “the hand of God was very heavy there.”

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