# 1 Samuel 5

> Lumin Translation

Source: https://www.lumin.faith/read/1-samuel/5

Translated from Hebrew and Greek with AI, then checked for clarity and fidelity.

1. The Philistines took the ark of God and brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.
2. The Philistines took the ark of God, brought it into Dagon's house, and set it beside Dagon.
3. The Ashdodites rose early the next morning, and there lay Dagon facedown on the ground before the ark of Yahweh. They took Dagon and returned him to his place.
4. They rose early the next morning, and there was Dagon fallen facedown on the ground before the ark of Yahweh, with the head of Dagon and both palms of his hands cut off upon the threshold; only Dagon remained to him.
5. Therefore neither Dagon's priests nor anyone who enters Dagon's house steps on Dagon's threshold in Ashdod to this day.
6. The hand of Yahweh grew heavy on the Ashdodites, and he devastated them and struck them with tumors, both Ashdod and its borders.
7. The men of Ashdod saw that it was so and said, "The ark of Israel's God shall not dwell with us, for his hand weighs heavily upon us and upon Dagon our god."
8. They sent for and gathered all the Philistine lords and said, "What should we do to the ark of the God of Israel?" They said, "Let the ark of the God of Israel be brought to Gath." They brought the ark of the God of Israel there.
9. After they had taken it around, the hand of Yahweh was in the city with very great discomfiture; he struck the men of the city from small to great, and hemorrhoids broke out in their secret parts.
10. They sent the ark of God to Ekron, and when the ark of God arrived at Ekron, the Ekronites cried out, saying, "They have brought the ark of Israel's God to us to kill us and our people."
11. They sent and assembled all the Philistine lords and said, "Send the ark of Israel's God back to its place, lest it kill us and our people." For a deadly panic had gripped the whole city; God's hand rested very heavily there.
12. The men who did not die were struck with tumors and hemorrhoids, and the city's outcry rose to heaven.

## Nearby chapters

[1 Samuel 4](https://www.lumin.faith/read/1-samuel/4.md)
[1 Samuel 6](https://www.lumin.faith/read/1-samuel/6.md)

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