3 And when the people of Ashdod arose early in the morning, there was Dagon, Judg. 16:23–30; 1 Chr. 10:8–10fallen on its face to the earth before the ark of the Lord. So they took Dagon and Is. 19:1; 46:1, 2set it in its place again. 4 And when they arose early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen on its face to the ground before the ark of the Lord. Is. 46:7The head of Dagon and both the palms of its hands were broken off on the threshold; only Dagon’s torso was left of it.
6 But the Zeph. 1:9hand of the Lord was heavy on the people of Ashdod, and He Ex. 9:3; Deut. 2:15; 1 Sam. 5:7; 7:13; Ps. 32:4; 145:20; 147:6ravaged them and struck them with 1 Sam. 6:5tumors, both Ashdod and its Deut. 28:27; Ps. 78:66territory.