1 Samuel 5:5-7

EasyEnglish Bible

⁵ Because of that, even today Dagon's priests and other people never walk on the step of Dagon's temple in Ashdod.

⁶ The Lord punished the people who lived in Ashdod. He caused them to have a lot of pain, as well as the people in the places near Ashdod. He caused tumours to grow on their bodies.^{[a] 7} When the people in Ashdod saw what was happening, they said, ‘The Covenant Box of Israel's God must not stay here with us. He is punishing us and our god Dagon.’