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The Philistines bring God’s ark into the house of Dagon at Ashdod, and Dagon falls before the LORD’s ark

블레셋 사람이 하나님의 궤를 아스돗 다곤의 당에 두고 다곤이 여호와의 궤 앞에 엎드러짐

1 Samuel 5:1–5: the Philistines had taken God’s ark, and they bring it from Ebenezer to Ashdod. They bring it into the house of Dagon and set it by Dagon. When the people of Ashdod arise early on the next day, behold, Dagon has fallen on his face to the ground before the LORD’s ark. They take Dagon and set him in his place again. When they arise early on the following morning, behold, Dagon has fallen on his face to the ground before the LORD’s ark; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands are cut off on the threshold. Only Dagon’s torso is intact. The text says, “Therefore neither the priests of Dagon nor any who come into Dagon’s house step on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod to this day.”

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1SA 5:1–5, engwebp
¹Now the Philistines had taken God’s ark, and they brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.
²The Philistines took God’s ark, and brought it into the house of Dagon and set it by Dagon.
³When the people of Ashdod arose early on the next day, behold, Dagon had fallen on his face to the ground before the LORD’s ark. They took Dagon and set him in his place again.
⁴When they arose early on the following morning, behold, Dagon had fallen on his face to the ground before the LORD’s ark; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off on the threshold. Only Dagon’s torso was intact.
⁵Therefore neither the priests of Dagon nor any who come into Dagon’s house step on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod to this day.
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The Philistines bring God’s ark into the house of Dagon at Ashdod, and Dagon falls before the LORD’s ark — Narrated location — Ashdod

Evidence: 1 Samuel 5:1–5

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Entry: The Philistines bring God’s ark into the house of Dagon at Ashdod, and Dagon falls before the LORD’s ark (event-1sa-5-dagon-falls-before-the-ark)
Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/event/1sa-5-dagon-falls-before-the-ark
Current wording: 1 Samuel 5:1–5: the Philistines had taken God’s ark, and they bring it from Ebenezer to Ashdod. They bring it into the house of Dagon and set it by Dagon. When the people of Ashdod arise early on the next day, behold, Dagon has fallen on his face to the ground before the LORD’s ark. They take Dagon and set him in his place again. When they arise early on the following morning, behold, Dagon has fallen on his face to the ground before the LORD’s ark; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands are cut off on the threshold. Only Dagon’s torso is intact. The text says, “Therefore neither the priests of Dagon nor any who come into Dagon’s house step on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod to this day.”
Cited evidence: 1SA 5:1–5, engwebp
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