1. Now the Philistines had taken the ark of God and they brought it from Eben-ezer to Ashdod.
2. The Philistines took the ark of God and brought it to the temple of Dagon, and placed it beside Dagon.
3. But when the Ashdodites arose early next morning, to everyone’s surprise, Dagon had fallen to his face on the ground before the ark of Adonai. So they took Dagon up and put him back in his place.