Verse 4
1 Samuel 5:4
American Standard Version Byzantine Text
4
And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of Jehovah; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands lay cut off upon the threshold; only the stump of Dagon was left to him.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יַּשְׁכִּ֣מוּ בַ/בֹּקֶר֮ מִֽ/מָּחֳרָת֒ וְ/הִנֵּ֣ה דָג֗וֹן נֹפֵ֤ל לְ/פָנָי/ו֙ אַ֔רְצָ/ה לִ/פְנֵ֖י אֲר֣וֹן יְהוָ֑ה וְ/רֹ֨אשׁ דָּג֜וֹן וּ/שְׁתֵּ֣י כַּפּ֣וֹת יָדָ֗י/ו כְּרֻתוֹת֙ אֶל הַ/מִּפְתָּ֔ן רַ֥ק דָּג֖וֹן נִשְׁאַ֥ר עָלָֽי/ו
English Translation
And they arose early in the morning the day after, and behold, Dagon had fallen on his face to the ground before the ark of the Lord, and the head of Dagon and both palms of his hands were cut off at the threshold; only Dagon remained intact on it.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
Done.
Sign in to save notes and annotations.
Chapter 5 Context
1
Now the Philistines had taken the ark of God (Elohim), and they brought it from Eben-ezer unto Ashdo...
Focus ↗
2
And the Philistines took the ark of God (Elohim), and brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it...
Focus ↗
3
And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the gro...
Focus ↗
4
And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the groun...
5
Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon’s house, tread on the threshold...
Focus ↗
6
But the hand of Jehovah was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them with tu...
Focus ↗
7
And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the God (Elohim) of Israel shal...
Focus ↗
8
They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines unto them, and said, What shall we...
Focus ↗
9
And it was so, that, after they had carried it about, the hand of Jehovah was against the city with...
Focus ↗
10
So they sent the ark of God (Elohim) to Ekron. And it came to pass, as the ark of God (Elohim) came...
Focus ↗
11
They sent therefore and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and they said, Send away...
Focus ↗
12
And the men that died not were smitten with the tumors; and the cry of the city went up to heaven.
Focus ↗