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"After the Philistines
had captured
the ark of God,
they took it from Ebenezer to Ashdod. Then they carried the ark into
Dagon's temple and set it beside Dagon. When the people of Ashdod
rose early the next day, there was Dagon,
fallen on his face on
the ground before the ark of the Lord!
They took Dagon and put him back in his place. 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 off
and were lying on the
threshold; only his body remained. That is why to this day neither
the priests of Dagon nor any others who enter Dagon's temple at
Ashdod step on the threshold." |