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I Samuel Chapter 5

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First Samuel 5 shows the consequences of the captured ark of God in Philistia: when they set it beside Dagon in his temple at Ashdod, the idol falls face down before the ark, and the next day its head and hands are cut off on the threshold. The Lord afflicts the people of Ashdod, then Gath, and then Ekron with a deadly destruction and tumors so severe they cry out to send the ark away. Recognizing that the hand of God was very heavy upon them, the Philistines determine they must return the ark of the God of Israel to its own place.

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(1) And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Ebenezer unto Ashdod.
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I Samuel 4:11I Samuel 4:17I Samuel 4:18I Samuel 4:22Psalms 78:61I Samuel 4:1I Samuel 7:12Joshua 11:22Acts 8:40

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I Samuel 5:8II Chronicles 26:6Exodus 40:20I Samuel 5:10I Samuel 4:1I Samuel 7:7

(2) When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.
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Judges 16:23I Chronicles 10:10Daniel 5:2Daniel 5:23Habakkuk 1:11Habakkuk 1:16

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I Samuel 5:4I Samuel 5:3I Samuel 5:8I Samuel 5:5Exodus 40:20I Samuel 5:7

(3) And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the LORD. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again.
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Exodus 12:12Psalms 97:7Isaiah 19:1Isaiah 46:1Isaiah 46:2Zephaniah 2:11Mark 3:11Luke 10:18Luke 10:19Luke 10:20II Corinthians 6:14II Corinthians 6:15

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I Samuel 5:4I Samuel 5:2I Samuel 5:5I Samuel 5:7Exodus 40:20I Samuel 5:8

(4) And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold; only the stump of Dagon was left to him.
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Isaiah 2:18Isaiah 2:19Isaiah 27:9Jeremiah 10:11Jeremiah 50:2Ezekiel 6:4Ezekiel 6:5Ezekiel 6:6Daniel 11:8Micah 1:7

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I Samuel 5:3I Samuel 5:2I Samuel 5:5I Samuel 29:10I Samuel 5:7Joshua 6:12

(5) Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon's house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this day.
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Psalms 115:4Psalms 115:5Psalms 115:6Psalms 115:7Psalms 135:15Psalms 135:16Psalms 135:17Psalms 135:18Joshua 5:15Zephaniah 1:9

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I Samuel 5:4I Samuel 5:3I Samuel 5:2I Samuel 5:7

(6) But the hand of the LORD was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them with emerods, even Ashdod and the coasts thereof.
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I Samuel 5:7I Samuel 5:11Exodus 9:3Psalms 32:4Acts 13:11I Samuel 5:9I Samuel 6:5Deuteronomy 28:27Job 31:3Psalms 78:66I Samuel 6:4

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II Chronicles 26:6Isaiah 20:1II Kings 15:16I Samuel 6:17

(7) And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us: for his hand is sore upon us, and upon Dagon our god.
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I Samuel 4:8Exodus 8:8Exodus 8:28Exodus 9:28Exodus 10:7Exodus 12:33I Samuel 6:20II Samuel 6:9I Chronicles 13:11I Chronicles 13:12I Chronicles 13:13I Chronicles 15:13

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I Samuel 5:3I Samuel 5:4Exodus 40:20I Samuel 5:2I Samuel 5:8I Samuel 5:10

(8) They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines unto them, 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 about unto Gath. And they carried the ark of the God of Israel about thither.
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Zechariah 12:3I Samuel 17:4Amos 6:2

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Exodus 40:20I Samuel 5:10I Samuel 5:11Genesis 6:14Genesis 6:16Genesis 8:9

(9) And it was so, that, after they had carried it about, the hand of the LORD was against the city with a very great destruction: and he smote the men of the city, both small and great, and they had emerods in their secret parts.
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I Samuel 5:6I Samuel 7:13I Samuel 12:15Deuteronomy 2:15Amos 5:19Amos 9:1Amos 9:2Amos 9:3Amos 9:4I Samuel 6:4I Samuel 6:5I Samuel 6:11

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II Chronicles 28:5Esther 2:6

(10) Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And it came to pass, as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to slay us and our people.
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Joshua 15:45Judges 1:18II Kings 1:2Amos 1:8

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(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 again to his own place, that it slay us not, and our people: for there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.
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Isaiah 13:7Isaiah 13:8Isaiah 13:9Jeremiah 48:42Jeremiah 48:43Jeremiah 48:44I Samuel 5:6I Samuel 5:9

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I Samuel 5:8I Samuel 7:7I Samuel 5:10Judges 16:18Exodus 16:18Numbers 11:32

(12) And the men that died not were smitten with the emerods: and the cry of the city went up to heaven.
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I Kings 19:17Amos 5:19I Samuel 9:16Exodus 12:30Isaiah 15:3Isaiah 15:4Isaiah 15:5Jeremiah 14:2Jeremiah 25:34Jeremiah 48:3

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