1 SamuelJudaism / Hebrew BibleAccepted ScriptureBiblical Hebrew / AramaicShare1 Samuel 5Darby - EnglishMoreVersion - 9 availableWorld English BibleKing James VersionAmerican Standard VersionDarby BibleYoung's Literal TranslationWebster BibleGeneva BibleDouay-Rheims ChallonerReina-Valera 1909WEBKJVASVDarbyYLTWebsterGenevaDouayRV1909LanguageEnglishEspañol‹1 Samuel 11 Samuel 21 Samuel 31 Samuel 41 Samuel 51 Samuel 61 Samuel 71 Samuel 81 Samuel 91 Samuel 101 Samuel 111 Samuel 121 Samuel 131 Samuel 141 Samuel 151 Samuel 161 Samuel 171 Samuel 181 Samuel 191 Samuel 201 Samuel 211 Samuel 221 Samuel 231 Samuel 241 Samuel 251 Samuel 261 Samuel 271 Samuel 281 Samuel 291 Samuel 301 Samuel 31›1 Samuel 5ListenPlay this chapter in spoken English.Save chapterListen to chapter1And the Philistines took the ark ofGod, and brought it from Eben-ezer to Ashdod. 2And the Philistines took the ark ofGod and brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon. 3And when they of Ashdod arose early the next day, behold, Dagon had fallen on his face to the ground before the ark of Jehovah. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again. 4And when they arose early the next morning, behold, Dagon had fallen on his face to the ground before the ark of Jehovah; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold; only the fish-stump was left to him. 5Therefore neither the priests of Dagon nor any that come into Dagon's house tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod to this day. 6And the hand of Jehovah was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he laid them waste, and smote them with hemorrhoids, — Ashdod and its borders. 7And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of theGod of Israel shall not abide with us; for his hand is severe upon us, and upon Dagon ourgod. 8And they sent and gathered all the lords of the Philistines unto them, and said, What shall we do with the ark of theGod of Israel? And they said, Let the ark of theGod of Israel be carried about to Gath. And they carried the ark of theGod of Israel about [thither]. 9And it came to pass that, after they had carried it about, the hand of Jehovah was against the city with very great panic; and he smote the men of the city, both small and great, and hemorrhoids broke out upon them. 10And they sent the ark ofGod to Ekron. And it came to pass, when the ark ofGod came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought about the ark of theGod of Israel to us, to kill us and our people. 11And they sent and gathered all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of theGod of Israel, and let it go again to its own place, that it kill us not, and our people. For there was deadly alarm throughout the city: the hand ofGod was very heavy there; 12and the men that died not were smitten with the hemorrhoids; and the cry of the city went up to heaven. ‹Previous chapter1 Samuel 4Next chapter1 Samuel 6›Similar passagesBy tradition and source labelFind similarCompare selectedCompare with similarAsk Deep ThoughtSelect passages to search for parallels.Versions1 Samuel 5 across 9 versionsShow all 9WEB - World English BibleKJV - King James VersionASV - American Standard VersionDarby - Darby BibleYLT - Young's Literal TranslationWebster - Webster BibleGeneva - Geneva BibleDouay - Douay-Rheims ChallonerRV1909 - Reina-Valera 1909Tap any verse to select it, then compare selected passages or ask Deep Thought. Public Domain