1 Samuel 5:5-7

Lexham English Bible

⁵ (Therefore the priests of Dagon and all who come into the house of Dagon do not tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod until this very day.)

⁶ Now the hand of Yahweh was heavy against the Ashdodites and he destroyed them and struck them with tumors,^[a] both in Ashdod and its territories. ⁷ The men of Ashdod saw that it was so, and they said, “The ark of the God of Israel should not remain with us, because his hand is harsh on us and on Dagon our god!”