But when the citizens of Ashdod went to see it the next morning, Dagon had fallen with his face to the ground in front of the Ark of the Lord! So they took Dagon and put him in his place again.
So they sent the Ark of God to the town of Ekron, but when the people of Ekron saw it coming they cried out,“ They are bringing the Ark of the God of Israel here to kill us, too!”The people summoned the Philistine rulers again and begged them,“ Please send the Ark of the God of Israel back to its own country, or it will kill us all.” For the deadly plague from God had already begun, and great fear was sweeping across the town.