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1 Samuel 5:4-6
Holman Christian Standard Bible
1 Samuel 5:4-6
Holman Christian Standard Bible
4 But when they got up early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen with his face to the ground before the ark of the Lord. This time, both Dagon’s head and the palms of his hands were broken off and lying on the threshold. Only Dagon’s torso remained.[a] 5 That is why, to this day, the priests of Dagon and everyone who enters the temple of Dagon in Ashdod do not step on Dagon’s threshold.
6 The Lord’s hand was heavy on the people of Ashdod,(A) terrorizing(B) and afflicting the people of Ashdod and its territory with tumors.[b][c](C)
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- 1 Samuel 5:4 LXX; Hb reads Only Dagon remained on it
- 1 Samuel 5:6 LXX adds He brought up mice against them, and they swarmed in their ships. Then mice went up into the land and there was a mortal panic in the city.
- 1 Samuel 5:6 Perhaps bubonic plague
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