1 Samuel 5 - Study the King James Bible

And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Eben-ezer unto Ashdod.

took: 1 Samuel 4:11, 1 Samuel 4:17, 1 Samuel 4:18, 1 Samuel 4:22, Psalms 78:61
Ebenezer: 1 Samuel 4:1, 1 Samuel 7:12
Ashdod: Ashdod, called Azotus by the Greeks, was one of the five satrapies of the Philistines, and a place of great strength and consequence. It was situated near the Mediterranean, between Askelon and Jamnia, thirty-four miles north of Gaza, according to Diodorus Siculus, and the Antonine and Jerusalem Itineraries. It is now called Shdood; and Dr. Richardson says they neither saw nor heard of any ruins there. "The ground," he observes, "around Ashdod is beautifully undulating, but not half stocked with cattle. The site of the town is on the summit of a grassy hill; and, if we are to believe historians, was anciently as strong as it was beautiful." Joshua 11:22, Acts 8:40, Azotus
Reciprocal: Joshua 15:46 - near 1 Samuel 6:1 - the ark 1 Samuel 6:17 - Ashdod 2 Chronicles 26:6 - about Nehemiah 4:7 - Ashdodites Nehemiah 13:23 - Ashdod Daniel 5:23 - and they Amos 3:9 - Ashdod

When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.

of Dagon: Judges 16:23, 1 Chronicles 10:10, Daniel 5:2, Daniel 5:23, Habakkuk 1:11, Habakkuk 1:16
Reciprocal: Genesis 31:30 - my gods Joshua 19:27 - Bethdagon Judges 10:6 - the gods of the Philistines 1 Samuel 14:18 - For the ark 2 Samuel 5:21 - David 1 Chronicles 14:12 - were burned Nehemiah 4:7 - Ashdodites Psalms 78:61 - his strength Isaiah 19:1 - the idols Daniel 1:2 - and he Joel 3:5 - into 2 Corinthians 6:14 - for 2 Corinthians 6:15 - what concord

And 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.

Dagon was: Exodus 12:12, Psalms 97:7, Isaiah 19:1, Isaiah 46:1, Isaiah 46:2, Zephaniah 2:11, Mark 3:11, Luke 10:18-20, 2 Corinthians 6:14-16
set him: Isaiah 19:1, Isaiah 40:20, Isaiah 41:7, Isaiah 44:17-20, Isaiah 46:1, Isaiah 46:2, Isaiah 46:7, Jeremiah 10:8
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 5:7 - upon Dagon our god 1 Samuel 6:1 - the ark 1 Samuel 6:5 - off your 1 Samuel 11:14 - renew Isaiah 41:6 - helped Isaiah 44:11 - all his Jeremiah 22:28 - a despised Jeremiah 48:13 - ashamed Acts 19:28 - and cried

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 upon the threshold; only the stump of Dagon was left to him.

the head: Isaiah 2:18, Isaiah 2:19, Isaiah 27:9, Jeremiah 10:11, Jeremiah 50:2, Ezekiel 6:4-6, Daniel 11:8, Micah 1:7
of Dagon: The name of this idol, Dagon, signifies a fish, and it is supposed to be the Atergatis of the Syrians, corruptly called Derceto by the Greeks, which had the upper part like a woman, and the lower part like a fish; as Lucian informs us:
וסךופןץע הו ויהןע ום ןיםיךח וטוחףבלחם, טוחלב מוםןם; חליףוח לום דץםח; פן הו ןךןףןם וך לחסשם וע בךסןץע נןהבע, יקטץןע ןץסח בנןפויםופבי. "In Phoenicia I saw the image of Derceto; a strange sight truly! For she had the half of a woman, but from the thighs downward a fish's tail."
Diodorus (1. ii.) describing the same idol, as represented at Askelon, says, פן לום נסןףשנןם וקוי דץםביךןע, פן הב̓ככן ףשלב נבם יקטץןע. "It had the head of a woman, but all the rest of the body a fish's."
Probably Horace alludes to this idol, in De Art. Poet. 4; Desinat in piscem, mulier formosa superne." "The upper part a handsome woman, and the lower part a fish." If such was the form of this idol, then everything that was human was broken off from what resembled a fish.
the stump: or, the fishy part
Reciprocal: Exodus 20:23 - General 1 Samuel 5:7 - upon Dagon our god 1 Samuel 6:5 - off your Isaiah 40:20 - shall not Hosea 10:2 - break down

Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon's house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this day.

neither: Psalms 115:4-7, Psalms 135:15-18
tread: Joshua 5:15, Zephaniah 1:9
Reciprocal: Genesis 32:32 - eat not Exodus 20:23 - General

But the hand of the LORD was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them with emerods, even Ashdod and the coasts thereof.

the hand: 1 Samuel 5:7, 1 Samuel 5:11, Exodus 9:3, Psalms 32:4, Acts 13:11
emerods: 1 Samuel 5:9, 1 Samuel 5:11, 1 Samuel 6:5, Deuteronomy 28:27, Job 31:3, Psalms 78:66
thereof: The LXX and Vulgate add:
בי לוףןם פחע קשסבע בץפחע בםוצץחףבם לץוע ךבי ודוםופן ףץדקץףיע טבםבפןץ לודבכח ום פח נןכוי.
(Et ebullierunt ville et agri in medio regionis illius, et nati sunt mures; et facta est confusio mortis magne in civitate).
"And [the cities and fields in Vulg.] the midst of that region produced mice; [Vulg. burst up, and mice were produced;] and there was the confusion of a great death in the city." 1 Samuel 6:4, 1 Samuel 6:5
Reciprocal: Genesis 41:31 - grievous Deuteronomy 2:15 - the hand of the Joshua 15:46 - near 2 Chronicles 26:6 - about Psalms 38:2 - thy hand Psalms 44:2 - how thou didst afflict Isaiah 26:11 - they shall Revelation 16:2 - a noisome

And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us: for his hand is sore upon us, and upon Dagon our god.

saw: 1 Samuel 4:8, Exodus 8:8, Exodus 8:28, Exodus 9:28, Exodus 10:7, Exodus 12:33
The ark: 1 Samuel 6:20, 2 Samuel 6:9, 1 Chronicles 13:11-13, 1 Chronicles 15:13
upon Dagon our god: 1 Samuel 5:3, 1 Samuel 5:4, Jeremiah 46:25, Jeremiah 48:7
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 5:6 - the hand 1 Samuel 6:3 - known 1 Samuel 6:5 - off your Psalms 32:4 - hand Psalms 44:2 - how thou didst afflict Ezekiel 39:21 - and my

They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines unto them, and said, What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel? And they answered, Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried about unto Gath. And they carried the ark of the God of Israel about thither.

What shall: Zechariah 12:3
Gath: 1 Samuel 17:4, Amos 6:2
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 6:17 - Gath 1 Samuel 6:20 - General 1 Samuel 29:2 - the lords 1 Chronicles 18:1 - Gath

And it was so, that, after they had carried it about, the hand of the LORD was against the city with a very great destruction: and he smote the men of the city, both small and great, and they had emerods in their secret parts.

the hand: 1 Samuel 5:6, 1 Samuel 7:13, 1 Samuel 12:15, Deuteronomy 2:15, Amos 5:19, Amos 9:1-4
with a very: 1 Samuel 5:11
and they had emerods: 1 Samuel 5:6, 1 Samuel 6:4, 1 Samuel 6:5, 1 Samuel 6:11, Psalms 78:66
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 28:27 - emerods 1 Samuel 6:3 - known 2 Kings 23:2 - both small and great Psalms 32:4 - hand Psalms 107:40 - contempt Acts 13:11 - hand Revelation 16:2 - a noisome

10.

Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And it came to pass, as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to slay us and our people.

God to Ekron: Joshua 15:45, Judges 1:18, 2 Kings 1:2, Amos 1:8
us, to slay us and our people: Heb. me, to slay me and my people
Reciprocal: Genesis 20:18 - General Joshua 15:11 - Ekron Joshua 19:43 - Ekron 1 Samuel 6:1 - the ark 1 Samuel 6:16 - they returned 1 Samuel 6:17 - Ekron 2 Samuel 6:9 - afraid 1 Chronicles 13:12 - afraid of God

11.

So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to his own place, that it slay us not, and our people: for there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.

us not, and our people: Heb. me not, and my people
a deadly: Isaiah 13:7-9, Jeremiah 48:42-44
the hand: 1 Samuel 5:6, 1 Samuel 5:9
Reciprocal: Genesis 20:17 - General Deuteronomy 2:15 - the hand of the Ruth 1:13 - the hand 1 Samuel 6:1 - the ark 1 Samuel 6:3 - known 1 Samuel 6:5 - lighten 2 Samuel 6:9 - afraid 1 Chronicles 13:12 - afraid of God Psalms 32:4 - hand Psalms 38:2 - thy hand Ezekiel 39:21 - and my Acts 13:11 - hand

12.

And the men that died not were smitten with the emerods: and the cry of the city went up to heaven.

died: 1 Kings 19:17, Amos 5:19
the cry: 1 Samuel 9:16, Exodus 12:30, Isaiah 15:3-5, Jeremiah 14:2, Jeremiah 25:34, Jeremiah 48:3
Reciprocal: Genesis 20:17 - General Deuteronomy 28:27 - emerods Jeremiah 46:12 - thy cry