The Ark of the God of Israel Must Not Remain With Us, for His Hand Is Heavy Upon Us and Upon Dagon, Our God

The head of dagon and both his hands were lying cut off upon the threshold. Only the trunk of dagon was left to him. This is why the priests of dagon do not tread on the threshold of dagon. In ashdod, to this day, the hand of the lord was heavy upon the people of ashdod,. He terrified and afflicted them with tumor s, both ashdod and its territory. So they sent the ark of god to ekron. But when the arks of god came to eKron, the people of ekron cried out, they have brought around to us the ark to slay us and our people.