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“When the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, “The ark of the God of Israel shall not stay with us, for his hand is severe on us and on Dagon our god.””
1 Samuel 5:7
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Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.
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