1 - 12 The Ark among the PhilistinesThe Philistines carry the ark to Ashdod and put it in the house of Dagon. At night, Dagon had fallen face downward toward the ark. They set it up and the next morning it had fallen again, and its hands and head were cut off.
The people of Ashdod were terrified and afflicted with tumors. They decide to take the ark to Gath. There, the men were plagued with tumors. They move the ark to Ekron, whose leaders believe the ark was sent to kill them. They decide to return the ark to Israel, and many men die of tumors there as well.
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Not only were the idol's head and hands broken off but they were stacked in the threshold of the temple.
5 That is why, to this day, no one will step on the threshold.
They refer to "the ark of the god of Israel". They recognize God's power but it never occurrs to seek Him and join Him. It's bizaar how unbelievers think.
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