1 Samuel 5:7
And when the men of Ashdod saw that so, they said, The ark of the Elohim of Israel shall not abide with us: for his hand is sore upon us, and upon Dagon our god.
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Context
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.
6 But the hand of the Yahuah was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them with emerods, Ashdod and the coasts thereof.
7 And when the men of Ashdod saw that so, they said, The ark of the Elohim of Israel shall not abide with us: for his hand is sore upon us, and upon Dagon our god.
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 Elohim of Israel? And they answered, Let the ark of the Elohim of Israel be carried about unto Gath. And they carried the ark of the Elohim of Israel about .
9 And it was , that, after they had carried it about, the hand of the Yahuah 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.