1 Samuel 5:5-7

New American Standard Bible 1995

⁵ Therefore neither the priests of Dagon nor all who enter Dagon’s house ^(A)tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod to this day.

⁶ Now ^(B)the hand of the Lord was heavy on the Ashdodites, and ^(C)He ravaged them and smote them with ^(D)tumors, both Ashdod and its territories. ⁷ When the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, “The ark of the God of Israel must not remain with us, for His hand is severe on us and on Dagon our god.”