Now the Philistines had taken God’s ark, and they brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod. 1Sa 7:121Sa 4:11Sa 4:22Jos 13:31Sa 4:111Sa 4:17-18Act 8:40Jos 11:22 The Philistines took God’s ark, and brought it into the house of Dagon and set it by Dagon. Jdg 16:231Ch 10:10Dan 5:2Dan 5:23Hab 1:11Hab 1:16 When 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. Isa 19:1Isa 46:1-2Isa 46:7Mrk 3:11Luk 10:18-20Zep 2:112Co 6:14-16Exo 12:12 When 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. Mic 1:7Isa 2:18-19Jer 10:11Jer 50:2Dan 11:8Ezk 6:4-6Isa 27:9 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. Zep 1:9Psa 115:4-7Jos 5:15Psa 135:15-18 But the LORD’s hand was heavy on the people of Ashdod, and he destroyed them and struck them with tumors, even Ashdod and its borders. 1Sa 5:11Act 13:11Deu 28:27Exo 9:3Psa 32:41Sa 5:7Psa 78:66Job 31:3
When the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, “The ark of the God of Israel shall not stay with us, for his hand is severe on us and on Dagon our god.” Exo 12:331Ch 15:13Jer 48:71Ch 13:11-131Sa 4:81Sa 5:3-41Sa 6:202Sa 6:9 They sent therefore and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, “What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel?” 1Sa 17:41Sa 5:11Amo 6:2Zec 12:3
They answered, “Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried over to Gath.” They carried the ark of the God of Israel there. It was so, that after they had carried it there, the LORD’s hand was against the city with a very great confusion; and he struck the men of the city, both small and great, so that tumors broke out on them. 1Sa 5:61Sa 7:13Deu 2:151Sa 12:15Psa 78:661Sa 5:111Sa 6:111Sa 6:4-5 So they sent God’s ark to Ekron. Amo 1:82Ki 1:2Jdg 1:18Jos 15:45
As God’s ark came to Ekron, the Ekronites cried out, saying, “They have brought the ark of the God of Israel here to us, to kill us and our people.” They sent therefore and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and they said, “Send the ark of the God of Israel away, and let it go again to its own place, that it not kill us and our people.” For there was a deadly panic throughout all the city. The hand of God was very heavy there. 1Sa 5:61Sa 5:8-9Isa 13:7-9Jer 48:42-44 The men who didn’t die were struck with the tumors; and the cry of the city went up to heaven. Exo 12:30Amo 5:191Ki 19:171Sa 9:16Isa 15:3-5Jer 14:2Jer 25:34Jer 48:3