1 Samuel 5:3

5:3 When the residents of Ashdod got up early the next day, 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 5:7

5:7 When the people of Ashdod saw what was happening, they said, “The ark of the God of Israel should not remain with us, for he has attacked both us and our god Dagon!”


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

tn Heb “men.”

tn Heb “for his hand is severe upon.”