Holy Scripture
1 Samuel 5:1
A church father on this verse
“1. What does it mean that the ark is carried away from the Stone of Help, except that the heralds of truth take away the mysteries of the Scriptures from that Christ whom the Jews await with a false expectation? For while they turn the testimonies of Holy Scripture toward the knowledge of the true Redeemer, they indee…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
1And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.
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In context
— 1 Samuel 5:1 —
2And the Philistines took the ark of the Lord, and brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.
3And the people of Ashdod rose early, and entered into the house of Dagon; and looked, and behold, Dagon had fallen on his face before the ark of the Lord: and they lifted up Dagon, and set him in his place. And the hand of the Lord was heavy upon the Ashdodians, and he plagued them, and he smote them in their secret parts, Ashdod and her coasts.