Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon's house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this day.
Therefore neither the priests ... nor any ... tread on the threshold of Dagon. A superstitious ceremony crept in, and in the providence of God was continued, by which the Philistines contributed to publish this proof of the helplessness of their god.
Unto this day. The usage continued in practice at the time when this history was written, probably in the later years of Samuel's life.