The Ark Among the Philistines

The Philistines took the Ark of the Lord and brought it from Ebeneazer to Ashdod, one of the capital cities of the five Philistine princes, the seat of Dagon worship. According to Josephus it was a border city of Dan and assigned, according to Joshua 15:45, 46, to the tribe of Judah but never captured by this tribe thought the Philistines of this city were at times sub­jected to Israel. Dagon was one of the chief Philistine male deities. To him corresponded a female deity called by the Syrians...