The people of Ashdod saw what was happening. They said,“ The ark of the god of Israel must not stay here with us. His power is against us and against our god Dagon.”

亚实突人见这光景，就说：“以色列神的约柜不可留在我们这里，因为他的手重重加在我们和我们神大衮的身上”；

亚实突人见这情况，就说：“以色列上帝的约柜不可留在我们这里，因为他的手重重击打我们和我们的神明大衮”。

亚实突人见这情况，就说：“以色列神的约柜不可留在我们这里，因为他的手重重击打我们和我们的神明大衮”。

亚实突人见此情形，就说：“以色列上帝的约柜不能留在我们这里，因为上帝重重地惩罚我们和我们的大衮神。”

亚实突人看见这种情形，就说：“以色列神的约柜不可再留在我们这里，因为他的手重重地加在我们和我们的神大衮身上。”

阿实突人看见这情形，就说：“以色列神的约柜不可留在我们这里，因为他的手重压着我们和我们的神大衮。”

亞實突人見這光景，就說：「以色列神的約櫃不可留在我們這裏，因為他的手重重加在我們和我們神大袞的身上」；

亞實突人見這情況，就說：「以色列上帝的約櫃不可留在我們這裏，因為他的手重重擊打我們和我們的神明大袞」。

亞實突人見這情況，就說：「以色列神的約櫃不可留在我們這裏，因為他的手重重擊打我們和我們的神明大袞」。

亞實突人見此情形，就說：「以色列上帝的約櫃不能留在我們這裡，因為上帝重重地懲罰我們和我們的大袞神。」

亞實突人看見這種情形，就說：“以色列神的約櫃不可再留在我們這裡，因為他的手重重地加在我們和我們的神大袞身上。”

亞實突人見這光景，就說：『以色列上帝的櫃不可留在我們中間，因為他的手重重地擊打我們和我們的神大袞。』

阿實突人看見這情形，就說：「以色列神的約櫃不可留在我們這裡，因為他的手重壓著我們和我們的神大袞。」

亞實突人見此、則曰、以色列上帝之匱、不可留此、蓋其手加烈禍於我、及我神大袞、

亞實突人見此、則曰、以色列上帝之匱、不可居此、蓋降災於我、及我上帝大公。

亞實突人見此、則曰以色列天主之匱、不可居於我間、因其降災於我及我神大袞、

When the people of Ashdod saw what was happening, they said,“ The ark of the god of Israel must not stay here with us, because his hand is heavy on us and on Dagon our god.”

And when the men of Ashdod saw how things were, they said,“ The ark of the God of Israel must not remain with us, for his hand is hard against us and against Dagon our god.”

When the people realized what was happening, they cried out,“ We can’t keep the Ark of the God of Israel here any longer! He is against us! We will all be destroyed along with Dagon, our god.”

When the people of Ashdod saw what was happening, they said,“ The ark of Israel’s God must not stay here with us, because his hand is strongly against us and our god Dagon.”

When the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said,“ The ark of the God of Israel must not remain with us, because His hand is severe on us and on Dagon our god.”

And when the men of Ashdod saw how it was, they said,“ The ark of the God of Israel must not remain with us, for His hand is harsh toward us and Dagon our god.”

And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us; for his hand is sore upon us, and upon Dagon our god.

When the men of Ashdod saw what was happening, they said,“ The ark of Israel’s God must not stay here with us, because His hand is strongly against us and our god Dagon.”

And when the men of Ashdod saw that[ it was] so, they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us: for his hand is sore upon us, and upon Dagon our god.

When the people of Ashdod saw what was happening, they said,“ The ark of the God of Israel should not remain with us, for he has attacked both us and our god Dagon!”

When the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said,“ The ark of the God of Israel shall not stay with us, for his hand is severe on us and on Dagon our god.”

The Egyptians begged the people of Israel to hurry up and leave the country.“ If you don’t,” they said,“ we’ll all die!”

You trust in the things you can do. You trust in your riches. So you too will be taken away as prisoners. Your god named Chemosh will be carried away. So will its priests and officials.

Pray to the Lord, because we’ve had enough thunder and hail. I’ll let you and your people go. You don’t have to stay here any longer.”

David was afraid of the Lord that day. He asked,“ How can the ark of the Lord ever be brought to me?”

How terrible it will be for us! Who will save us from the power of these mighty gods? They struck down the people of Egypt in the desert. They sent all kinds of plagues on them.

David was angry because the Lord’ s great anger had broken out against Uzzah. That’s why the place is still called Perez Uzzah to this day.David was afraid of God that day. David asked,“ How can I ever bring the ark of God back here to me?”So he didn’t take the ark to be with him in the City of David. Instead, he took it to the house of Obed- Edom. Obed- Edom was from Gath.

Pharaoh sent for Moses and Aaron. He said to them,“ Pray to the Lord to take the frogs away from me and my people. Then I’ll let your people go to offer sacrifices to the Lord.”

The Lord who rules over all is the God of Israel. He says,“ I am about to punish Amon, the god of Thebes. I will also punish Pharaoh. I will punish Egypt and its gods and kings. And I will punish those who depend on Pharaoh.

Pharaoh said,“ I will let you and your people go to offer sacrifices. You can offer them to the Lord your God in the desert. But you must not go very far. Now pray for me.”

The people of Ashdod got up early the next day. They saw the statue of Dagon. There it was, lying on the ground! It had fallen on its face in front of the ark of the Lord. So they picked up the statue of Dagon. They put it back in its place.But the following morning when they got up, they saw the statue of Dagon. There it was, lying on the ground again! It had fallen on its face in front of the ark of the Lord. Its head and hands had been broken off. Only the body of the statue was left. Its head and hands were lying in the doorway of the temple.

The people of Beth Shemesh said,“ The Lord is a holy God. Who can stand in front of him? Where can the ark go up to from here?”

Remember when the anger of the Lord our God broke out against us? That’s because it wasn’t you Levites who tried to carry up the ark the first time. We didn’t ask the Lord how to do it in the way the law requires.”

Pharaoh’s officials said to him,“ How long will this man be a trap for us? Let the people go. Then they’ll be able to worship the Lord their God. After everything that’s happened, don’t you realize that Egypt is destroyed?”