Welcome back. Last week we studied the chapter previous to this and the events leading up to it that saw the Ark of the Covenant in the hands of the Philistines, as apunishment for The Israelite armies and even the priests treating God as a “good luck charm”, or that His hand could be forced by something we do. The Philistines got the Ark, placed it in their temple, and God, not once but twiceshowed his superiority over their idol Dagon.