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1 Samuel 5:2-4
New Catholic Bible
1 Samuel 5:2-4
New Catholic Bible
2 When the Philistines took the Ark of God, they brought it into the temple of Dagon[a] and set it alongside of Dagon. 3 When the people of Ashdod got up the next morning, they found Dagon fallen down, with his face pressed to the earth, in front of the Ark of the Lord. So they picked Dagon up and put him back in his place.
4 When they rose again the next morning, they found him fallen down again, with his face pressed to the earth, in front of the Ark of the Lord. His head and both of his hands were cut off and lying in the threshold; all that was left of Dagon was his torso.
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- 1 Samuel 5:2 Dagon: the chief god of the Philistines, who worshiped many gods and who thought that the Ark would bring blessings to them as it did to the Israelites. They discovered that the power of the Ark was beyond their control.
1 Samuel 5:2-4
New International Version
1 Samuel 5:2-4
New International Version
2 Then they carried the ark into Dagon’s temple and set it beside Dagon.(A) 3 When the people of Ashdod rose early the next day, there was Dagon, fallen(B) on his face on the ground before the ark of the Lord! They took Dagon and put him back in his place. 4 But the following morning when they rose, there was Dagon, fallen on his face on the ground before the ark of the Lord! His head and hands had been broken(C) off and were lying on the threshold; only his body remained.
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