1 Samuel 5:5

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Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any who come into Dagon's house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod, to this day.

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Ashdod was a Philistine coastal city where the captured ark was placed in Dagon’s temple; the threshold custom arose after God humiliated Dagon there. Ebenezer was the nearby Israelite battle site where the ark was taken, while Gath and Ekron were

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