1 Samuel 5:1
Verse 1 of 12. The 5th of 31 chapters in 1 Samuel, in History.
1And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Eben–ezer unto Ashdod.
2When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.
3And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the Lord. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again.
4And 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 upon the threshold; only the stump of Dagon was left to him.
5Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon’s house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this day.
1 Samuel 5:1 in the World English Bible
Now the Philistines had taken God’s ark, and they brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.Read 1 Samuel 5:1 in the WEB
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 5:1
Here is, I. The Philistines' triumph over the ark, which they were the more pleased, the more proud, to be now masters of, because before the battle they were possessed with a great fear of it, ch. iv. 7. When they had it in their hands God restrained them, that they did not offer any violence to it, did not break it to pieces, as the Israelites were ordered to do by the idols of the heathen, but showed some…
Read Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 5:1–5: The Fall of Dagon. (b. c. 1120.)
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