1 Samuel 5:3

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When they of Ashdod arose early on the next day, behold, Dagon was fallen on his face to the ground before the ark of Yahweh. They took Dagon, and set him in his place again.

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Ebenezer was the Israelite battlefield where the Philistines captured the ark, while Ashdod, Gath, and Ekron were major Philistine cities on the coastal plain. At Ashdod the ark’s presence humiliated D

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1 Samuel 5:3 mentions Ashdod, Ebenezer, Ekron and Gath.