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But when they got up the next morning, there was Dagon, lying on the ground again in front of the Ark of the Lord. Dagon’s head and both of his arms[a] were broken off and lying on the threshold.[b] Only the trunk of[c] Dagon was left intact.[d] This is why neither the priests of Dagon nor anyone who enters the temple of Dagon step on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod to this day.

The Lord heavily oppressed the people of Ashdod, devastating and afflicting Ashdod and its territories with tumors of the groin.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 5:4 Lit. both of the palms of his hands
  2. 1 Samuel 5:4 Lit. broken off on the threshold
  3. 1 Samuel 5:4 The Heb. lacks the trunk of
  4. 1 Samuel 5:4 Lit. on it