1 Samuel 5
Good News Translation
The Covenant Box among the Philistines
5 After the Philistines captured the Covenant Box, they carried it from Ebenezer to their city of Ashdod, 2 took it into the temple of their god Dagon, and set it up beside his statue. 3 Early the next morning the people of Ashdod saw that the statue of Dagon had fallen face downward on the ground in front of the Lord's Covenant Box. So they lifted it up and put it back in its place. 4 Early the following morning they saw that the statue had again fallen down in front of the Covenant Box. This time its head and both its arms were broken off and were lying in the doorway; only the body was left. (5 That is why even today the priests of Dagon and all his worshipers in Ashdod step over that place and do not walk on it.)
6 The Lord punished the people of Ashdod severely and terrified them. He punished them and the people in the surrounding territory by causing them to have tumors.[a] 7 When they saw what was happening, they said, “The God of Israel is punishing us and our god Dagon. We can't let the Covenant Box stay here any longer.” 8 So they sent messengers and called together all five of the Philistine kings and asked them, “What shall we do with the Covenant Box of the God of Israel?”
“Take it over to Gath,” they answered; so they took it to Gath, another Philistine city. 9 But after it arrived there, the Lord punished that city too and caused a great panic. He punished them with tumors which developed in all the people of the city, young and old alike. 10 So they sent the Covenant Box to Ekron, another Philistine city; but when it arrived there, the people cried out, “They have brought the Covenant Box of the God of Israel here, in order to kill us all!” 11 So again they sent for all the Philistine kings and said, “Send the Covenant Box of Israel back to its own place, so that it won't kill us and our families.” There was panic throughout the city because God was punishing them so severely. 12 Even those who did not die developed tumors and the people cried out to their gods for help.
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 5:6 The association of tumors with an abundance of mice suggests that this was a case of bubonic plague (see 6.5).
1 Samuel 5
New King James Version
The Philistines and the Ark
5 Then the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it (A)from Ebenezer to Ashdod. 2 When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of (B)Dagon[a] and set it by Dagon. 3 And when the people of Ashdod arose early in the morning, there was Dagon, (C)fallen on its face to the earth before the ark of the Lord. So they took Dagon and (D)set it in its place again. 4 And when they arose early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen on its face to the ground before the ark of the Lord. (E)The head of Dagon and both the palms of its hands were broken off on the threshold; only [b]Dagon’s torso was left of it. 5 Therefore neither the priests of Dagon nor any who come into Dagon’s house (F)tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod to this day.
6 But the (G)hand of the Lord was heavy on the people of Ashdod, and He (H)ravaged them and struck them with (I)tumors,[c] both Ashdod and its (J)territory. 7 And when the men of Ashdod saw how it was, they said, “The ark of the (K)God of Israel must not remain with us, for His hand is harsh toward us and Dagon our god.” 8 Therefore they sent and gathered to themselves all the (L)lords of the Philistines, 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 away to (M)Gath.” So they carried the ark of the God of Israel away. 9 So it was, after they had carried it away, that (N)the hand of the Lord was against the city with a very great destruction; and He struck the men of the city, both small and great, [d]and tumors broke out on them.
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. 12 And the men who did not die were stricken with the tumors, and the (O)cry of the city went up to heaven.
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 5:2 A Philistine idol
- 1 Samuel 5:4 So with LXX, Syr., Tg., Vg.; MT Dagon
- 1 Samuel 5:6 Probably bubonic plague. LXX, Vg. add And in the midst of their land rats sprang up, and there was a great death panic in the city.
- 1 Samuel 5:9 Vg. and they had tumors in their secret parts
1 Samuel 5
Cornilescu 1924 - Revised 2010, 2014
Căderea lui Dagon înaintea chivotului
5 Filistenii au luat chivotul lui Dumnezeu şi l-au dus din Eben-Ezer(A) la Asdod. 2 După ce au pus mâna pe chivotul lui Dumnezeu, filistenii l-au dus în casa lui Dagon(B) (Zeul peşte) şi l-au aşezat lângă Dagon. 3 A doua zi, asdodenii, care se sculaseră dis-de-dimineaţă, au găsit pe Dagon întins(C) cu faţa la pământ înaintea chivotului Domnului. Au luat pe Dagon şi l-au pus(D) înapoi la locul lui. 4 Şi a doua zi, sculându-se dis-de-dimineaţă, au găsit pe Dagon întins cu faţa la pământ înaintea chivotului Domnului; capul(E) lui Dagon şi cele două mâini ale lui erau tăiate pe prag şi nu-i rămăsese decât trunchiul. 5 De aceea, până în ziua de azi, preoţii lui Dagon şi toţi cei ce intră(F) în casa lui Dagon, la Asdod, nu calcă pe prag.
Pedeapsa filistenilor
6 Mâna(G) Domnului a apăsat asupra celor din Asdod şi i-a pustiit(H); i-a lovit cu bube(I) la şezut, atât în Asdod, cât şi în ţinutul lui. 7 Când au văzut că aşa stau lucrurile, oamenii din Asdod au zis: „Chivotul Dumnezeului lui Israel să nu rămână la noi, căci mâna Lui apasă asupra noastră şi asupra lui Dagon, dumnezeul nostru.” 8 Şi au trimis şi au adunat la ei pe toţi domnitorii filistenilor şi au zis: „Ce să facem cu chivotul Dumnezeului lui Israel?” Domnitorii au răspuns: „Să se ducă la Gat chivotul Dumnezeului lui Israel.” Şi au adus acolo chivotul Dumnezeului lui Israel. 9 Dar, după ce a fost dus acolo, mâna(J) Domnului a apăsat asupra cetăţii şi a fost o mare(K) groază; a lovit(L) pe oamenii cetăţii de la mic până la mare şi au avut o spuzeală de bube la şezut. 10 Atunci au trimis chivotul lui Dumnezeu la Ecron. Când a intrat chivotul lui Dumnezeu în Ecron, ecroniţii au strigat: „Au adus la noi chivotul Dumnezeului lui Israel ca să ne omoare, pe noi şi poporul nostru.” 11 Şi au trimis şi au strâns pe toţi domnitorii filistenilor, şi au zis: „Trimiteţi înapoi chivotul Dumnezeului lui Israel; să se întoarcă la locul lui, ca să nu ne omoare, pe noi şi poporul nostru.” Căci în toată cetatea era o groază de moarte, şi mâna(M) lui Dumnezeu apăsa cu putere. 12 Oamenii care nu mureau erau loviţi cu bube la şezut, şi ţipetele cetăţii se înălţau până la cer.
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