Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
1 Samuel 5:4
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.
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.
Verse 1 Samuel 5:4. _ONLY_ THE STUMP OF _DAGON WAS LEFT_] Literally, Only דגן _dagon_ (i.e., the _little fish_) was left. It has already been remarked that Dagon had the head, arms and hands of a man...
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;...
ONLY... DAGON. The hands and feet being gone, only Dagon (the fish part) remained....
_cut off upon the threshold_ i.e. cut off and lying upon the doorsill, probably not of the main entrance to the temple, but of the chapel or recess in which the statue stood. In this position they wou...
ONLY THE STUMP OF DAGON WAS LEFT TO HIM— In the Hebrew it is, _only Dagon remained to him;_ where Dagon, says Houbigant, is taken for the principal part of his statue, or the trunk of his body. Kimchi...
The Captivity of the Ark, 1 Samuel 5:1 to 1 Samuel 7:17. _The Ark in the Temple of Dagon. 1 Samuel 5:1-6_ And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Ebenezer unto Ashdod. 2 When the...
_AND WHEN THEY AROSE EARLY ON THE MORROW MORNING, BEHOLD, DAGON WAS FALLEN UPON HIS FACE TO THE GROUND BEFORE THE ARK OF THE LORD; AND THE HEAD OF DAGON AND BOTH THE PALMS OF HIS HANDS WERE CUT OFF UP...
5:4 fish-stump (b-44) Or 'Dagon.' _ Dag_ signifies 'fish.'...
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...
WHEN THEY AROSE EARLY ON THE MORROW. — Strange to say, on the next day a new and startling circumstance aroused and disturbed the exultant Philistines. The idol was again fallen, but this time broken....
וַ יַּשְׁכִּ֣מוּ בַ † בֹּקֶר֮ מִֽ מָּחֳרָת֒...
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...
_Threshold. The idol is treated worse the second time. (Menochius)_...
(4) And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off...
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...
AND WHEN THEY AROSE EARLY ON THE MORROW MORNING,.... For the same purpose as before; unless they had any curiosity to indulge, to see whether the ark and Dagon agreed better together, if they had any...
And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon [was] fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands [were] cut off...
1 Sam. 5:4. The Bible and other remains of the true religion that were kept in the Church of Rome, the Antichristian Church, will at length be the occasion of the fall of their Dagon and of the breaki...
_Behold Dagon was fallen_ &c. Which showed that his former fall was not by chance, but by the power of God, before whom he could not stand. _The head of Dagon, and both his hands, were cut off_ The he...
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...
And when they arose early on the morrow morning, the second morning after the arrival of the ark, BEHOLD, DAGON WAS FALLEN UPON HIS FACE TO THE GROUND BEFORE THE ARK OF THE LORD, in the same posture o...
The Ark in Ashdod....
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...
THE STUMP: Or, the filthy part...
1-5 See the ark's triumph over Dagon. Thus the kingdom of Satan will certainly fall before the kingdom of Christ, error before truth, profaneness before godliness, and corruption before grace in the...
The HEAD is the seat of wisdom; the _hands_, the instruments of action: both are cut off, to show that he had neither wisdom nor strength to defend himself nor his worshippers. This the priests, by co...
1 Samuel 5:4 early H7925 (H8686) next H4283 morning H1242 Dagon H1712 fallen H5307 (H8802) face H6440 ground...
THE ARK OF GOD IS TAKEN TO ASHDOD AND THE IDOL DAGON FALLS BEFORE YHWH AND IS SMASHED IN PIECES (1 SAMUEL 5:1). Analysis. a Now the Philistines had taken the ark of God, and they brought it from Eb...
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;...
_And the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it from Ebenezer unto Ashdod._ THE HYPOCRITICAL SMITTEN BEFORE THE REAL The word Philistine signifies strangers or emigrants; their descent is obs...
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 completel...
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 5:1. “ASHDOD.” One of the five Philistine satrapies, about thirty-two miles north of Gaza, and about a mile from the sea. It is now the little village of Esdûd...
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,...
Daniel 11:8; Ezekiel 6:4; Isaiah 2:18; Isaiah 2:19; Isaiah 27:9;...
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...
Cut off — The head is the seat of wisdom; the hands the instruments of action: both are cut off to shew that he had neither wisdom nor strength to defend himself or his worshippers. Thus the priests b...