1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 5:2 When the Philistines set the ARK beside their god DAGON, the idol fell to the floor and was broken. A people whose gods were in enemy hands was considered to be completely conquered. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.leng... [ Continue Reading ]
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 5:6 The TUMORS, together with an apparently abnormal number of mice in the area (1 Samuel 6:5), have led most commentators to identify the disease as bubonic plague. Yet 1 Samuel 5:12 has no reference to the mice at all. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("im... [ Continue Reading ]
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 5:8 The five (1 Samuel 6:4, 1 Samuel 6:16) LORDS were the rulers of the five leading Philistine cities (see 1 Samuel 6:17). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, [ Continue Reading ]