3 And when the people of Ashdod rose early the next day, behold, [Isa. 46:1,2]Dagon had fallen face downward on the ground before the ark of the Lord. So they took Dagon and put him back in his place. 4 But when they rose early on the next morning, behold, Dagon had fallen face downward on the ground before the ark of the Lord, [Jer. 50:2;Ezek. 6:4,6;Mic. 1:7]and the head of Dagon and both his hands were lying cut off on the threshold. Only the trunk of Dagon was left to him.
6 [Ex. 9:3;Ps. 32:4;Acts 13:11] The hand of the Lord was heavy against the people of Ashdod, and he terrified and afflicted them with ch. 6:5tumors, both Ashdod and its territory.