1 Samuel 5:2

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

1 Samuel 5:2

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

carried it into the temple of Dagon, and set it beside his statue.

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KJV

King James Version

When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.

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WEB

World English Bible

The Philistines took God’s ark, and brought it into the house of Dagon and set it by Dagon.

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ASV

American Standard Version

And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.

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Berean Literal Bible

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

1 Samuel 5

¹ After the Philistines had captured the ark of God, they took it from Ebenezer to Ashdod,

² carried it into the temple of Dagon, and set it beside his statue.

³ When the people of Ashdod got up early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen on his face before the ark of the LORD. So they took Dagon and returned him to his place.

⁴ But when they got up early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen on his face before the ark of the LORD, with his head and his hands broken off and lying on the threshold. Only the torso remained.

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