Geneva Study Bible Commentary
1 Samuel 5:1
And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Ebenezer unto (a) Ashdod.
(a) Which was one of the five principal cities of the Philistines.
And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Ebenezer unto (a) Ashdod.
(a) Which was one of the five principal cities of the Philistines.
CHAPTER V _The Philistines set up the ark in the temple of Dagon at Ashdod;_ _whose image is found next morning prostrate before it, broken_ _in pieces_, 1-5. _The Philistines are also smitten wit...
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;...
GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim_. See App-4. EBEN-EZER. Compare 1 Samuel 4:1; 1 Samuel 7:12. ASHDOD. fortified. Now Esdud. Compare Joshua 13:3. See note on...
1 Samuel 5:1-12. Chastisement of the Philistines for the Removal of the Ark 1. _Ashdod_ Ashdod (in Greek _Azotus_, Acts 8:40), one of the five cities of the Philistine league, was situated on an emine...
UNTO ASHDOD— See Joshua 11:22....
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 THE PHILISTINES TOOK THE ARK OF GOD, AND BROUGHT IT FROM EBENEZER UNTO ASHDOD._ Ashdod - or Azotus, one of the five Philistine satrapies, and a place of great strength. That it was always a fort...
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...
THE PHILISTINES TOOK THE ARK OF GOD. — The sacred writer concerns himself after the battle of Aphek only with the future of the Ark of the Covenant, and says nothing of the fate of Shiloh after the ro...
וּ פְלִשְׁתִּים֙ לָֽקְח֔וּ אֵ֖ת אֲרֹ֣ון הָ אֱ
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...
Azotus, one of the principal cities of the Philistines. It is astonishing that God permits these infidels to touch the ark, He who resented the conduct of Oza, and of the Bethsamites, with such severi...
(1) В¶ And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Ebenezer unto Ashdod. (2) When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon. Wh...
CONTENTS This chapter relates to us the history of the ark of God while in captivity. The Philistines for a short space rejoice over their spoil. But this joy is turned into sorrow. God visits the Ph...
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 THE PHILISTINES TOOK THE ARK OF GOD,.... Which fell into their hands, Israel being beaten, and caused to flee, and the priests that had the care of the ark slain; and when possessed of it, they di...
And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Ebenezer unto Ashdod. Ver. 1. _And the Philistines took the ark of God._] Which had been so greatly abused by the Israelites, that God jus...
_The Philistines took the ark of God_ Abarbinel gives several reasons why God suffered the ark of his presence to fall into the hands of these uncircumcised heathen: 1st, The Israelites were such grea...
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...
The Ark in Ashdod....
AND THE PHILISTINES TOOK THE ARK OF GOD, which they had captured in the great battle, AND BROUGHT IT FROM EBENEZER, as the place was afterward called, UNTO ASHDOD, a city of Philistia almost due west...
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...
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...
1 SAMUEL CHAPTER 5 The Philistines place the ark of God at Ashdod in the house of Dagon; which falls down, once and again, 1 SAMUEL 5:1. They of Ashdod are smitten with emerods; they send the ark to G...
1 Samuel 5:1 Philistines H6430 took H3947 (H8804) ark H727 God H430 brought H935 (H8686) Ebenezer H72 Ashdod...
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...
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,...
1 Samuel 4:1; 1 Samuel 4:11; 1 Samuel 4:17; 1 Samuel 4:18; 1 Samuel 4:22
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...