2 They then took the ark of God and brought it into the temple of Dagon, placing it beside Dagon.

3 When the people of Ashdod rose early the next morning, Dagon was lying face down on the ground before the ark of the LORD. So they picked Dagon up and put him back in his place.

4 But early the next morning, when they arose, Dagon lay face down on the ground before the ark of the LORD, his head and hands broken off and lying on the threshold, his trunk alone intact.

1 Samuel 5:2-4, New American Bible Revised. Copyright © 2010 USCCB.
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