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1 Samuel 5:1-3 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

1. The Philistines took the sacred chest from near Ebenezer to the town of Ashdod.

2. They brought it into the temple of their god Dagon and put it next to the statue of Dagon, which they worshipped.

3. When the people of Ashdod got up early the next morning, they found the statue lying face down on the floor in front of the sacred chest. They put the statue back where it belonged.

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