1And the P’lishtim [Immigrants] took the ark of God-Elohim (The Living Word) [The Many Powered], and brought it from Even-’’Ezer [treasure] [stone of help] unto Ashdod [powerful]. 2When the P’lishtim [Immigrants] took the ark of God-Elohim (The Living Word) [The Many Powered], they brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon. 3And when they of Ashdod [powerful] arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon [was] fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate). And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again. 4And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon [was] fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate); and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands [were] cut off upon the threshold; only [the stump of] Dagon was left to him. 5Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon's house, trample on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod [powerful] unto this day.

6But the hand of the LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) was heavy upon them of Ashdod [powerful], and he destroyed them, and struck them with hemorrhoids, [even] Ashdod [powerful] and the coasts thereof. 7And when the men of Ashdod [powerful] saw that [it was] so, they said, The ark of the God-Elohim (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] shall not abide with us: for his hand is sore upon us, and upon Dagon our god. 8They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the P’lishtim [Immigrants] unto them, and said, What shall we do with the ark of the God-Elohim (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God]? And they answered, Let the ark of the God-Elohim (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] be carried about unto Gat [Winepress]. And they carried the ark of the God-Elohim (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] about [there]. 9And it was [so], that, after they had carried it about, the hand of the LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) was against the city with a very great destruction: and he struck the men of the city, both small and great, and they had hemorrhoids in their secret parts. 10Therefore they sent the ark of God-Elohim (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] to ‘Ekron [Torn Up by the Roots]. And it came to pass, as the ark of God-Elohim (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] came to ‘Ekron [Torn Up by the Roots], that the ‘Ekron [Torn Up by the Roots] cried out, saying, They have brought about the ark of the God-Elohim (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] to us, to slay us and our people. 11So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the P’lishtim [Immigrants], and said, Send away the ark of the God-Elohim (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], and let it go again to his own place, that it slay us not, and our people: for there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand of God-Elohim (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] 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.