The Fallen Idol
The captured Ark is placed beside Dagon in Ashdod — and twice the idol falls face down, the second time losing its head and hands.
Main Characters in S14E2 (4)
The Ark of the Covenant
The gold-overlaid chest of God's throne presence — carried into the flood-stage Jordan to part the waters in Joshua 3, and placed inside Dagon's temple in 1 Samuel 5 where the idol fell headless before it.
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Dagon
The chief national idol of the Philistines in Ashdod — beside whom they placed the captured Ark of the Covenant, only to find Dagon fallen face down before the Ark on the first morning and decapitated with his hands severed on the threshold on the second.
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The Priests of Dagon
The pagan temple attendants in Ashdod who had to physically pick up and prop their fallen god back onto his pedestal — and who instead of repenting when Dagon's head and hands were severed, invented a superstitious rule never to step on the threshold.
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The Lords of the Philistines
The five rulers of Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron who hot-potatoed the captured Ark of the Covenant from city to city in panic as plagues broke out everywhere they moved it — until sending it back to Israel on a new cart with golden guilt offerings.
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