1 Philisthim autem tulerunt arcam Dei
et asportaverunt eam a lapide Adiutorii in Azotum
2 tulerunt Philisthim arcam Dei
et intulerunt eam in templum Dagon
et statuerunt eam iuxta Dagon
3 cumque surrexissent diluculo Azotii altera die
ecce Dagon iacebat pronus in terram ante arcam Domini
et tulerunt Dagon et restituerunt eum in loco suo
4 rursumque mane die alio consurgentes
invenerunt Dagon iacentem super faciem suam in terram
coram arca Domini
caput autem Dagon et duae palmae manuum eius abscisae
erant super limen
5 porro Dagon truncus solus remanserat in loco suo
propter hanc causam non calcant sacerdotes Dagon
et omnes qui ingrediuntur templum eius
super limen Dagon in Azoto usque in hodiernum diem
6 adgravata autem est manus Domini super Azotios
et demolitus est eos
et percussit in secretiori parte natium Azotum et fines eius
7 videntes autem viri azotii huiuscemodi plagam dixerunt
non maneat arca Dei Israhel apud nos
quoniam dura est manus eius super nos et super Dagon deum nostrum
8 et mittentes congregaverunt omnes satrapas Philisthinorum ad se
et dixerunt quid faciemus de arca Dei Israhel
responderuntque Getthei circumducatur arca Dei Israhel
et circumduxerunt arcam Dei Israhel
9 illis autem circumducentibus eam
fiebat manus Dei per singulas civitates
interfectionis magnae nimis
et percutiebat viros uniuscuiusque urbis a parvo usque ad maiorem
et conputrescebant prominentes extales eorum
10 miserunt ergo arcam Dei in Accaron
cumque venisset arca Dei in Accaron
exclamaverunt Accaronitae dicentes
adduxerunt ad nos arcam Dei Israhel
ut interficiat nos et populum nostrum
11 miserunt itaque et congregaverunt omnes satrapas Philisthinorum
qui dixerunt dimittite arcam Dei Israhel et revertatur in locum suum
et non interficiat nos cum populo nostro
12 fiebat enim pavor mortis in singulis urbibus
et gravissima valde manus Dei
viri quoque qui mortui non fuerant
percutiebantur in secretiori parte natium
et ascendebat ululatus uniuscuiusque civitatis in caelum
1 And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Eben-ezer unto Ashdod. 2 When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.
3 ¶ And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the LORD. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again. 4 And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold; only the stump of Dagon was left to him. 5 Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon’s house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this day.
6 But the hand of the LORD was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them with emerods, even Ashdod and the coasts thereof. 7 And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us: for his hand is sore upon us, and upon Dagon our god. 8 They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines unto them, and said, What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel? And they answered, Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried about unto Gath. And they carried the ark of the God of Israel about thither . 9 And it was so , that, after they had carried it about, the hand of the LORD was against the city with a very great destruction: and he smote the men of the city, both small and great, and they had emerods in their secret parts.
10 ¶ Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And it came to pass, as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to slay us and our people. 11 So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to his own place, that it slay us not, and our people: for there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there. 12 And the men that died not were smitten with the emerods: and the cry of the city went up to heaven.