1. Now the Philistines had taken God’s ark, and they brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.
2. The Philistines took God’s ark, and brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.
3. When the people of Ashdod arose early on the next day, behold, Dagon had fallen on his face to the ground before the Lord’s ark. They took Dagon, and set him in his place again.