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The Philistines’ Troubles because of the Ark

The Philistines took the Ark of God and brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod. Then the Philistines took the Ark of God, brought it to the temple of Dagon,[a] and placed it beside Dagon. When the people of Ashdod got up the next morning, there was Dagon, lying on the ground in front of the Ark of the Lord. They took Dagon and put him back in his place.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 5:2 Dagon was the principal deity of the Philistines.