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The Philistines take the Ark of the Covenant to their temple to Dagon. The next morning, the Dagon statue is found prostrate before the Ark; so they adjust the statue, but the morning after it is found broken into pieces. The town surrounding it falls victim to a plague, so the Philistines resign themselves to get rid of the ark, first sending it on to Gath, and then to Ekron, both of which fall victim to the plague.
PEOPLE: Philistines – יהוה YHVH God – Ekronites
PLACES: Eben-Ezer – Ashdod – Gath – Ekron
RELATED ARTICLES: Ark of the Covenant – Dagon – Emerods
ENGLISH TEXT: American Standard – Douay–Rheims – Free – King James – Jewish Publication Society – Tyndale – World English – Wycliffe