1 Samuel 5
1 and Philistine to take: take [obj] ark [the] God and to come (in): bring him from Ebenezer [the] Ebenezer Ashdod [to]
After the army of the Philistia people-group captured God’s sacred chest in Ebenezer [town], they took it to Ashdod [which is one of their biggest cities].
2 and to take: take Philistine [obj] ark [the] God and to come (in): bring [obj] him house: temple Dagon and to set [obj] him beside Dagon
They carried it into the temple of [their god] Dagon, and placed it alongside a statue of Dagon.
3 and to rise Ashdod from morrow and behold Dagon to fall: fall to/for face his land: soil [to] to/for face: before ark LORD and to take: take [obj] Dagon and to return: return [obj] him to/for place his
But early the next morning, when the people of Ashdod [went to see it, they saw that] the statue had fallen on its face in front of Yahweh’s sacred chest! So they set the statue up in its place again.
4 and to rise in/on/with morning from morrow and behold Dagon to fall: fall to/for face his land: soil [to] to/for face: before ark LORD and head Dagon and two palm hand his to cut: eliminate to(wards) [the] threshold except Dagon to remain upon him
But the following morning, [they saw that] it had fallen down in front of the sacred chest again. But this time, the statue’s head and hands had broken off, and were lying in the doorway. Only its body remained intact/unbroken.
5 upon so not to tread priest Dagon and all [the] to come (in): come house: temple Dagon upon threshold Dagon in/on/with Ashdod till [the] day [the] this
That is the reason that since that time, the priests of Dagon and everyone else who enters the temple of Dagon in Ashdod do not step on the doorsill [where the hands and head of Dagon fell].
6 and to honor: heavy hand: power LORD to(wards) [the] Ashdod and be desolate: appalled them and to smite [obj] them (in/on/with tumor *Q(K)*) [obj] Ashdod and [obj] border: area her
Then Yahweh [SYN] powerfully caused the people of Ashdod and the people who lived in nearby villages to have (a very great plague/serious illness) of tumors.
7 and to see: see human Ashdod for so and to say not to dwell ark God Israel with us for to harden hand: power his upon us and upon Dagon God our
The men of Ashdod realized why this was happening, and they cried out, “The god of the Israeli people is punishing us and is also punishing our god Dagon. So we cannot allow the sacred chest of the god of the Israelis to remain here!”
8 and to send: depart and to gather [obj] all lord Philistine to(wards) them and to say what? to make: do to/for ark God Israel and to say Gath to turn: turn ark God Israel and to turn: turn [obj] ark God Israel
They summoned the five kings of the Philistia people-group, and asked them, “What should we do with the sacred chest of the god of the Israelis?” The kings replied, “Take the sacred chest to Gath [city].” So they moved it to Gath.
9 and to be after to turn: turn [obj] him and to be hand: power LORD in/on/with city tumult great: large much and to smite [obj] human [the] city from small: young and till great: old and to burst to/for them (tumor *Q(K)*)
But after they took it to Gath, Yahweh powerfully struck the people of that city also, with the result that many men, including young men and old men, got tumors on their skin. Then the people became very afraid.
10 and to send: depart [obj] ark [the] God Ekron and to be like/as to come (in): come ark [the] God Ekron and to cry out [the] Ekron to/for to say to turn: turn to(wards) me [obj] ark God Israel to/for to die me and [obj] people my
So they took the sacred chest to Ekron [city]. But when the men carried the sacred chest into Ekron, the people there cried out, “Why are you bringing the sacred chest of the God of the Israelis into our city [RHQ]? [By doing that] you will cause us and the rest of our people to die!”
11 and to send: depart and to gather [obj] all lord Philistine and to say to send: depart [obj] ark God Israel and to return: return to/for place his and not to die [obj] me and [obj] people my for to be tumult death in/on/with all [the] city to honor: heavy much hand: power [the] God there
The people were terrified/in panic because [they knew that] God was starting to punish them severely. So they summoned the [five] kings of the Philistia people-group again, and [pleaded with them], saying, “Take this sacred chest of the god of the Israelis back to its own place! If you do not do that quickly, we will all die!”
12 and [the] human which not to die to smite (in/on/with tumor *Q(K)*) and to ascend: rise cry [the] city [the] heaven
Some of the people in Ekron had already died, and the rest of the people were suffering because of tumors on their skin. So they all cried out to their gods [MTY] [to help them].
