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And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen [a]upon his face to the ground before the ark of Jehovah; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands lay cut off upon the threshold; only the stump of Dagon was left to him. 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.

But the hand of Jehovah was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them with [b]tumors, even Ashdod and the borders thereof.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 5:4 Or, before it
  2. 1 Samuel 5:6 Or, plague boils. As read by the Jews emerods