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1 Samuel 5:1-2
New Catholic Bible
1 Samuel 5:1-2
New Catholic Bible
Chapter 5
Devastation Follows the Ark. 1 The Philistines then took the Ark of God, transporting it from Ebenezer to Ashdod. 2 When the Philistines took the Ark of God, they brought it into the temple of Dagon[a] and set it alongside of Dagon.
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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.
