1,2 The Philistines having brought the ark into Ashdod, set it in the house Dagon 3-7 Dagon is smitten down and cut and cut in pieces, and cut in pieces, and they of Ashdod smitten with emerods 8,9 So God deals with them of Gath, when it was brought thither 10-12 and so with them of Ekron, when it was brought thither

took 1Sa 4:11,17,18,22 Ps 78:61

Eben-ezer 1Sa 4:1 7:12

Ashdod Ashdod, called azotus by the Greeks, was one of the five satraphies 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 Sciculus, 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 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. Jos 11:22 Ac 8:40

Azotus

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

of Dagon Jud 16:23 1Ch 10:10 Da 5:2,23 Hab 1:11,16

3 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 Ex 12:12 Ps 97:7 Isa 19:1 46:1,2 Zep 2:11 Mr 3:11 Lu 10:18-20 2Co 6:14-16

set him Isa 19:1 40:20 41:7 44:17-20 46:1,2,7 Jer 10:8

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

the head Isa 2:18,19 27:9 Jer 10:11 50:2 Eze 6:4-6 Da 11:8 Mic 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 of a woman, and the lower part like a fish; as Lucian informs us: () `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, describing the same idol, as represented at Askelon, say, (), `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. v. 4; Desinat in poscem, 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

5 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 Ps 115:4-7 135:15-18

tread Jos 5:15 Zep 1:9

6 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 1Sa 5:7,11 Ex 9:3 Ps 32:4 Ac 13:11

emerods 1Sa 5:9,11 6:5 De 28:27 Job 31:3 Ps 78:66

thereof
The LXX. and Vulgate add: () Et ebullierunt villae et agri in medio regionis illius, et nati sunt mures; et facta est confusio mortis magnae in civitate; `And the cities and fields in Vulgate the midst of that region produced mice; [Vulgate burst up, and mice were produced;] and there was the confusion of a great death in the city.' 1Sa 6:4,5

7 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 1Sa 4:8 Ex 8:8,28 9:28 10:7 12:33

The ark 1Sa 6:20 2Sa 6:9 1Ch 13:11-13 15:13

upon Dagon our god 1Sa 5:3,4 Jer 46:25 48:7

8 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 Zec 12:3

Gath 1Sa 17:4 Am 6:2

9 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 1Sa 5:6 7:13 12:15 De 2:15 Am 5:19 9:1-4

with a very 1Sa 5:11

and they had emerods 1Sa 5:6 6:4,5,11 Ps 78:66

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 Jos 15:45 Jud 1:18 2Ki 1:2 Am 1:8

us, to slay us and our people [heb] me, to slay me and my people

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 Isa 13:7-9 Jer 48:42-44

the hand 1Sa 5:6,9

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

died 1Ki 19:17 Am 5:19

the cry 1Sa 9:16 Ex 12:30 Isa 15:3-5 Jer 14:2 25:34 48:3