1 Samuel 5:6-8

1 Samuel 5:6-8

[6] But the hand  of the LORD  was heavy  upon them of Ashdod,  and he destroyed  them, and smote  even Ashdod  and the coasts  thereof. [7] And when the men  of Ashdod  saw  that it was so, they said,  The ark  of the God  of Israel  shall not abide  with us: for his hand  is sore  upon us, and upon Dagon  our god.  [8] They sent  therefore and gathered  all the lords  of the Philistines  unto them, and said,  What shall we do  with the ark  of the God  of Israel?  And they answered,  Let the ark  of the God  of Israel  be carried about  unto Gath.  the ark  of the God  of Israel  about  thither.