1 Samuel 5:3-7 And the Ashdodites rise early on the morrow, and lo, Dagon is fallen on its face to the earth, before the ark of Yahweh; and they take Dagon, and put it back to its place.

CLV⁽ⁱ⁾ ³ And the Ashdodites rise early on the morrow, and lo, Dagon is fallen on its face to the earth, before the ark of Yahweh; and they take Dagon, and put it back to its place. ⁴ And they rise early in the morning on the morrow, and lo, Dagon is fallen on its face to the earth, before the ark of Yahweh, and the head of Dagon, and the two palms of its hands are cut off at the threshold, only the fishy part has been left to him;" ⁵ therefore the priests of Dagon, and all those coming into the house of Dagon, tread not on the threshold of Dagon, in Ashdod, till this day. ⁶ And the hand of Yahweh is heavy on the Ashdodites, and He makes them desolate, and smites them with emerods, Ashdod and its borders. ⁷ And the men of Ashdod see that [it is] so, and have said, `The ark of the Elohim of Israel does not abide with us, for hard has been His hand upon us, and upon Dagon our elohim..