1 And the Pelishtites took the ark of Elohim and brought it from Eḇen ha’Ĕzer to Ashdoḏ,
2 and the Pelishtites took the ark of Elohim and brought it into the house of Daḡon and put it by Daḡon.
3 And the Ashdoḏites rose early in the morning and saw Daḡon fallen on its face to the ground before the ark of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄. So they took Daḡon and put it in its place again.
4 And they arose early the next morning and saw Daḡon fallen on its face to the ground before the ark of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, and the head of Daḡon and both the palms of its hands cut off, on the threshold, only Daḡon itself was left of it.
5 That is why, to this day, the priests of Daḡon and all who come into Daḡon’s house do not tread on the threshold of Daḡon in Ashdoḏ.
6 But the hand of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 was heavy on the Ashdoḏites, and He wasted them and smote them with tumours – Ashdoḏ and its borders.
7 And when the men of Ashdoḏ saw this, they said, “Let not the ark of the Elohim of Yisra’ĕl remain with us, for His hand has been hard on us, and on Daḡon our mighty one.”
8 Then they sent and gathered to them all the princes of the Pelishtites, and said, “What do we do with the ark of the Elohim of Yisra’ĕl?” And they answered, “Let the ark of the Elohim of Yisra’ĕl be removed to Gath.” And they removed the ark of the Elohim of Yisra’ĕl.
9 And it came to be, after they removed it, that the hand of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 was against the city with a very great destruction. And He smote the men of the city, from the least to the greatest, and tumours broke out on them.
10 They then sent the ark of Elohim to Eqron. And it came to be, as the ark of Elohim came to Eqron, that the Eqronites cried out, saying, “They have removed the ark of the Elohim of Yisra’ĕl to us, to kill us and our people!”
11 And they sent and gathered together all the princes of the Pelishtites, and said, “Send away the ark of the Elohim of Yisra’ĕl, and let it return to its own place, so that it does not kill us and our people.” For there had come a deadly destruction throughout all the city – the hand of Elohim was very heavy there.
12 And the men who did not die were smitten with tumours, and the cry of the city went up to the shamayim.