The Ark was taken to the temple of Dagon. The Philistines may have thought they were getting a great victory, but no ones gets hold of God for their own purposes. So the next day the idol of Dagon was found fallen on his face. Now one might wonder why God bothered doing this when Dagon was just an idol of stone. The reason is that the Philistines believed in Dagon, so God demonstrated to them that the thing they were worshipping was nothing at all. God speaks to all people, and in a languages that they will understand.
The people around where the Ark was kept suffered tumours. The judgement of God was coming upon the people, so they begged their leaders to take the Ark away.
No matter where the Ark was taken tumours broke out upon that city. There was no escaping the judgement of God.
We may look at these events with astonishment. However, when a society rejects God they assume the position of God, making their own judgements. And when they do this that society will find itself reaping all sorts of consequences it did not expect and did not want. Just look at your own society today!
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