1 Samuel 5:4-6

International Children’s Bible

⁴ The next morning the people of Ashdod rose from sleep. And again they found Dagon on the ground! He had fallen down before the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord. His head and hands had broken off and were lying in the doorway. Only his body was still in one piece. ⁵ So, even today, Dagon’s priests and others who enter his temple at Ashdod refuse to step on the doorsill.

⁶ The Lord punished the people of Ashdod and their neighbors. He gave them much trouble. He gave them growths on their skin.