The Philistines took the captured ark of God to Dagon's temple at Ashdod, but the next morning the god Dagon had fallen on its face in front of the ark. They put it back in its place but the following morning it was back on the ground minus its arms and legs! The people of Ashdod suffered tumours, rats appeared in the land and death and destruction were rife. The people therefore demanded the ark to be removed, so the Philistines took it to Gath. However the story repeated itself at Gath, with tumours appearing in young and old, so they took the ark to Ekron. However the outcry from Ekron was great from the start and they made it clear that they didn't want the ark there for fear of tumours and death.
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