# Now

This word marks the beginning of a new part of the story. If your language has a word or phrase that does the same, you could use it here.

# ark of God

See how you translated this in [1 Samuel 3:3](../03/01.md). This is the a same as the "ark of the covenant of God" in [1 Samuel 4:3-4](../04/03.md).

# house of Dagon

This refers to the temple of Dagon, the god of the Philistines.

# behold, Dagon

"they were very surprised to see that Dagon"

# Dagon had fallen facedown on the ground

The reader should understand that Yahweh had caused the statue to fall on its face during the night. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/philistines]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/ashdod]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/house]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/face]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/yahweh]]