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 commanded the high road from Palestine to Egypt.... [ Continue Reading ]
DAGON] seems to have been worshipped in all the Philistine cities. His name is probably merely the Canaanite pronunciation of the word for 'corn,' and designates him as the god of agriculture. The Philistines were not a maritime people, like the Phoenicians, but depended on agriculture. Stanley writ... [ Continue Reading ]
FALLEN UPON HIS FACE] in an attitude of homage. SET HIM IN HIS PLACE] they would think it was an accident.... [ Continue Reading ]
This time all possibility of accident was excluded. _The stump of_ DAGON] AV is right in thinking that some word must have fallen out of the Hebrew text.... [ Continue Reading ]
In 1 Samuel 6 we have a plague of mice as well as of haemorrhoids. Some regard the introduction of this second plague as due to a scribe. On the other hand, LXX inserts a notice of the mice also in 1 Samuel 5:6; 1 Samuel 5:10; 1 Samuel 6:1. Well-hausen thinks that 'mice' are symbolical of misfortune... [ Continue Reading ]
So the protest of the Ekronites was not attended to. The Philistines were unwilling to part with their trophy.... [ Continue Reading ]