and gathered together all the lords A second council of state was held, but the protest of the Ekronites was not listened to. The league was unwilling to part with the trophy of its victory.
a deadly destruction A deadly panic: dismay caused by the fatal character of the disease.
Verse 1 Samuel 5:11. _SEND AWAY THE ARK_] It appears that it had been received at Ekron, for _there was a deadly destruction through the_ _whole city_. They therefore concluded that the ark should be...
6. THE ARK IN THE HANDS OF THE PHILISTINES AND ITS RETURN CHAPTER 5 _ 1. The ark in the house of Dagon (1 Samuel 5:1)_ 2. The Philistines smitten by Jehovah (1 Samuel 5:6) The ark was brought to As...
1 SAMUEL 5. THE ARK IN THE PHILISTINE CITIES. 1 Samuel 5:1. Ashdod. 1 Samuel 5:8. Gath. 1 Samuel 5:10. Ekron: see Joshua 11:22;...
_The Ark in Ekron._ 1 Samuel 5:10-12 10 Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And it came to pass, as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought about...
_SO THEY SENT AND GATHERED TOGETHER ALL THE LORDS OF THE PHILISTINES, AND SAID, SEND AWAY THE ARK OF THE GOD OF ISRAEL, AND LET IT GO AGAIN TO HIS OWN PLACE, THAT IT SLAY US NOT, AND OUR PEOPLE: FOR T...
THE ARK AMONG THE PHILISTINES 1. Ashdod] on an elevation overlooking the Philistine plain midway between Gaza and Joppa, and 3 m. from the Mediterranean. Its importance consisted in the fact that it...
ISRAEL’S FIRST KING 1 SAMUEL _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 5 THE *ARK OF GOD CAUSES TROUBLE FOR THE *PHILISTINES V1 When the *Philistines stole the *ark of God they took it from Ebenezer to the town o...
SEND AWAY THE ARK. — The lords of the Philistines were a long time before they could make up their minds to get rid of this deadly trophy of their victory. They had grown up with an undefined awe of t...
וַ יִּשְׁלְח֨וּ וַ יַּאַסְפ֜וּ אֶת ־כָּל ־סַר
CHAPTER VII. _ THE ARK AMONG THE PHILISTINES._ 1 Samuel 5:1; 1 Samuel 6:1 ALTHOUGH the history in Samuel is silent as to the doings of the Philistines immediately after their great victory over Isra...
THE CAPTURED ARK BRINGS TROUBLE 1 Samuel 5:1 Dagon's fall before the Ark of God has a sublime significance. In the evening, as the priests left the temple, the hideous image stood erect on its pedest...
This is a story of supreme and arresting interest, showing as it does how, when the people of God fail to bear testimony for Him among the nations, He becomes His own witness. The Ark was not a charm...
So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send (e) away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to his own place, that it slay us not, and our people: fo...
(8) They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines unto them, and said, What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel? And they answered, Let the ark of the God of Israel be ca...
The first Book of Samuel (or of Kings as with some) brings before us that great change for which the Book of Ruth was a preparation, and in order to which the Spirit of God closed it with the generati...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4, 5, AND 6. In chapter 4 the enemies of God and of His people display their strength; the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel. God, in overrul...
SO THEY SENT AND GATHERED TOGETHER ALL THE LORDS OF THE PHILISTINES,.... As the men of Ashdod had done before on the same account, 1 Samuel 5:8 AND SAID, SEND AWAY THE ARK OF THE GOD OF ISRAEL; as th...
So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to his own place, that it slay us not, and our people: for th...
_There was a deadly destruction through all the city_ That is, in every city where the ark of God came, some were struck with the pestilence and died, and others lingered under intolerable pains, whic...
1 The Philistines hauing brought the Arke into Ashdod, set it in the house of Dagon. 3 Dagon is smitten downe and cut in pieces, and they of Ashdod smitten with Emerods. 8 So God dealeth with them o...
So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, for a second conference, AND SAID, SEND AWAY THE ARK OF THE GOD OF ISRAEL, AND LET IT GO AGAIN TO HIS OWN PLACE, THAT IT SLAY US NO...
THE ARK IN GATH AND EKRON...
Though God had allowed the Philistines to gain the victory, He very soon spoils their pleasure in having captured the ark, taking it to Ashdod. They think the most fit place for it is in the house of...
6-12 The hand of the Lord was heavy upon the Philistines; he not only convinced them of their folly, but severely chastised their insolence. Yet they would not renounce Dagon; and instead of seeking...
THROUGHOUT ALL THE CITY, to wit, the city of Ekron, during its short stay there. Or, _in every city_, to wit, where the ark of God came; for it came also to Gaza and Askelon, and produced the same eff...
1 Samuel 5:11 sent H7971 (H8799) together H622 (H8799) lords H5633 Philistines H6430 said H559 (H8799) away...
THE ARK OF GOD BRINGS MISERY AND PLAGUE ON THE PHILISTINES WHO DISRESPECT IT (1 SAMUEL 5:6). What happened in the house of Dagon was not the only thing that was to trouble the Philistines. Soon a drea...
CONTENTS: Ark of God a curse to Philistines. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: Sacred signs are not things that God is tied to or that man can trust to for blessing. His presence may be a savour of life...
1 Samuel 5:1. _Ashdod,_ afterwards called Azotus. Acts 8:40. 1 Samuel 5:2. _The ark and set it by Dagon._ See Judges 10:6;...
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 5:6. “HE DESTROYED THEM.” From 1 Samuel 6:4; 1 Samuel 6:11; 1 Samuel 6:18, where, besides the vot
EXPOSITION THE ARK OF GOD IN PHILISTIA (1 Samuel 5:1). 1 SAMUEL 5:1 THE PHILISTINES TOOK THE ARK OF GOD. The silence of Scri
Now the Philistines took this ark of the covenant, and they brought it to one of their cities on the coast the city of Ashdod. And they put the ark of the covenant in their temple of their god Dagon,...
1 Samuel 5:6; 1 Samuel 5:9; Isaiah 13:7; Jeremiah 48:42...
THE ARK IN THE LAND OF THE PHILISTINES 1 Samuel 5:1; 1 Samuel 6:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS There are several things we think should be emphasized. 1. EBENEZER MEANS "HITHERTO HATH THE LORD HELPED US." Wh...
The city — In every city, where the ark of God came....