The Ark Returned to Israel

6 Now the ark of the Lord was in the country of the Philistines seven months.

¹⁰ Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron. So it was, as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, “They have brought the ark of the God of Israel to us, to kill 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 back to its own place, so that it does not kill us and our people.” For there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.

³ And when the people of Ashdod arose early in the morning, there was Dagon, ^(A)fallen on its face to the earth before the ark of the Lord. So they took Dagon and ^(B)set it in its place again.

The Philistines and the Ark

5 Then the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it ^(A)from Ebenezer to Ashdod.