1 Samuel 5:4-6

EasyEnglish Bible

⁴ The next morning, they got up early again. They saw that Dagon had fallen down in front of the Lord's Covenant Box again! His head and both his hands had broken off. They were lying on the step of the temple's door. Only his body remained together. ⁵ Because of that, even today Dagon's priests and other people never walk on the step of Dagon's temple in Ashdod.

⁶ The Lord punished the people who lived in Ashdod. He caused them to have a lot of pain, as well as the people in the places near Ashdod. He caused tumours to grow on their bodies.^[a]