1 Samuel 5:9 CPDV

⁷  Then the men of Ashdod, seeing this kind of plague, said: 'The ark of the God of Israel shall not remain with us. For his hand is harsh, over us and over Dagon, our god.'

⁸  And sending, they gathered together all the princes of the Philistines to them, and they said, 'What shall we do about the ark of the God of Israel?' And the Gathites responded, 'Let the ark of the God of Israel be led around.' And they led the ark of the God of Israel around.

⁹  And as they were carrying it around, the hand of the Lord fell upon every single city with an exceedingly great slaughter. And he struck down the men of each and every city, from the small even to the great. And cysts were festering at their buttocks. And the Gathites took counsel, and they made for themselves seat covers from pelts.

¹⁰  Therefore, they sent the ark of God into Ekron. And when the ark of God had arrived at Ekron, the Ekronites cried out, saying, 'They have brought the ark of the God of Israel to us, so that it may kill us and our people!'

¹¹  And so they sent and gathered together all the princes of the Philistines, and they said: 'Release the ark of the God of Israel, and return it to its own place. And let it not kill us, with our people.'