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2 The Philistines bryng the arke into the house of Dagon. 6 The men of Asdod are plagued. 8 The arke is caryed into Gath, and after to Acron.

1 AND the Philistines toke the arke of God, and caryed it from the Eben ezer vnto As∣dod.

2 Yea the Philistines toke the arke of God, and brought it into the house of (a) Da∣gon, and set it by Dagon.

3 And when they of Asdod were vp in the next daye in the mornyng, beholde, Dagon was fallen vpon his face on the earth before the arke of the Lorde: And they toke Dagon, and set him in his place agayne.

4 And when they were come earlie in the next morning, beholde, Dagon was fallen vpon his face on the grounde be∣fore the arke of the Lorde, and his head and his two handes cut of vpon the thresholde, that onely the stumpe of Dagon was left to him.

5 And therfore is it, that the priestes of Dagon, neither any man that com∣meth into Dagons house, (b) treade not on the thresholde of Dagon in Asdod, vnto this day.

6 But the hand of the Lorde was hea∣uie vpon them of Asdod, and he destroy∣ed them, and smote them with eme∣rodes, both Asdod, and all the coastes thereof.

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7 And when the men of Asdod sawe that it was so, they saide: The arke of the God of Israel shal not abide here with vs, for his hand is sore vpon vs, & vpon (c) Dagon our God.

8 They sent therfore, and gathered all the lordes of the Philistines vnto them, and saide: What shall we do with the arke of the God of Israel? They aun∣swered: Let the arke of the God of Is∣rael be caryed about vnto Gath. And they caried the arke of the God of Is∣rael about.

9 And when they had caryed it about, the hand of the Lorde was agaynst the citie with a very great destruction, and he smote the men of the citie both small and great, and they had emerodes in their secrete partes.

10 Therfore they sent the arke of God to Acaron: and assoone as the arke of God came to Acaron, the Acaronites cryed out, saying: They haue brought the arke of the God of Israel to vs, to slea vs, and our people.

11 And so they sent, and gathered toge∣ther al the lordes of the Philistines, and saide: Send (d) away the arke of the God of Israel, to go agayne to his owne place, that it slea vs not, and our people. For there was a destruction and death thorowout all the citie, and the hand of God was exceeding sore there.

12 And the men that dyed not, were smit∣ten with the emerodes: And the crye of the citie went vp to heauen.

Notes

• (a)

  Which was their chiefe Idoll, and from the ••uell downe 〈◊〉〈◊〉 like a ••ne, and vp∣ward like a man.
• (b)

  Procee∣dyng from one superstition to another.
• (c)

  This is a lamentable blindnes, they cleane s••ll to that idol whi∣che lyeth vpon the grounde loke a blocke, and is not able to helpe nei∣ther them nor hym selfe.
• (d)

  Affliction worketh not lyke effect in the wicked & in the godly: In the one grudge, and desperation, in the other repentaunce and reconcili∣ation.