³ When the people of Ashdod rose early the next day, there was Dagon, fallen^(A) on his face on the ground before the ark of the Lord! They took Dagon and put him back in his place.

⁴ But the following morning when they rose, there was Dagon, fallen on his face on the ground before the ark of the Lord! His head and hands had been broken^(A) off and were lying on the threshold; only his body remained.