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1 Samuel 5:4-6
English Standard Version
1 Samuel 5:4-6
English Standard Version
4 But when they rose early on the next morning, behold, Dagon had fallen face downward on the ground before the ark of the Lord, (A)and the head of Dagon and both his hands were lying cut off on the threshold. Only the trunk of Dagon was left to him. 5 This is why the priests of Dagon and all who enter the house of Dagon (B)do not tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod to this day.
6 (C)The hand of the Lord was heavy against the people of Ashdod, and he terrified and afflicted them with (D)tumors, both Ashdod and its territory.
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