1 Samuel 5:3

5:3 When the residents of Ashdod got up early the next day, ¹  Dagon was lying on the ground before the ark of the Lord. So they took Dagon and set him back in his place.

1 Samuel 5:6

5:6 The Lord attacked ²  the residents of Ashdod severely, bringing devastation on them. He struck the people of ³  both Ashdod and the surrounding area with sores. ⁴ 

¹ tc The LXX adds “they entered the temple of Dagon and saw.”

² tn Heb “the hand of the Lord was heavy upon.”

³ tn The words “the people of” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

⁴ tc The LXX and Vulgate add the following: “And mice multiplied in their land, and the terror of death was throughout the entire city.”