1. Then the Philistines took the ark of God, and they transported it from the Stone of Assistance into Ashdod.
2. And the Philistines took the ark of God, and carried it into the temple of Dagon. And they stationed it beside Dagon.
3. And when the Ashdodites had risen up at first light on the next day, behold, Dagon was lying prone on the ground before the ark of the Lord. And they took Dagon, and they set him again in his place.