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Complete Jewish Bible

1 Samuel 5:2

Then the P'lishtim took the ark of God, brought it to the temple of Dagon and set it next to Dagon.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Miracles;   Temple;   Thompson Chain Reference - Dagon;   False;   Gods, False;   Idol;   Idolatrous;   Idolatry;   Images;   Philistines;   Temples, Idolatrous;   Worship, False;   Worship, True and False;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Ark of the Covenant;   Idolatry;   Philistines, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Miracle;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Ashdod;   Dagon;   Philistia, philistines;   Temple;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Prayer;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Dagon;   Dagon's House;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Samson;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Archaeology and Biblical Study;   Ark of the Covenant;   Dagon;   Ebla;   Gods, Pagan;   Philistines, the;   Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ashdod;   Dagon;   Philistines;   Samson;   Samuel, Books of;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Ashdod ;   Dagon ;   Philistines ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Dagon;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Ashdod;   Philistia;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Tower;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Ashdod, Azoth;   Dagon;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ark of the Covenant;   Ashdod;   Dagon;   Elijah;   Languages of the Old Testament;   Philistines;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Ashdod;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Dagon;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
brought it into the temple of Dagon and placed it next to his statue.
Hebrew Names Version
The Pelishtim took the ark of God, and brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.
King James Version
When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.
Lexham English Bible
Then the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it to the temple of Dagon and placed it beside Dagon.
English Standard Version
Then the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it into the house of Dagon and set it up beside Dagon.
New Century Version
They carried it into Dagon's temple and put it next to Dagon.
New English Translation
The Philistines took the ark of God and brought it into the temple of Dagon, where they positioned it beside Dagon.
Amplified Bible
They took the ark of God and brought it into the house of Dagon and set it beside [the image of] Dagon [their chief idol].
New American Standard Bible
Then the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it into the house of Dagon, and placed it beside Dagon.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Euen the Philistims tooke ye Arke of God, and brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it to the house of Dagon and set it by Dagon.
Contemporary English Version
They brought it into the temple of their god Dagon and put it next to the statue of Dagon, which they worshiped.
Darby Translation
And the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.
Easy-to-Read Version
They carried God's Holy Box into the temple of Dagon and put it next to the statue of Dagon.
George Lamsa Translation
Then the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it into the house of Dagon and set it by the side of Dagon.
Good News Translation
took it into the temple of their god Dagon, and set it up beside his statue.
Literal Translation
And the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it to the house of Dagon, and set it near Dagon.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
in to the house of Dagon, and set it besyde Dagon.
American Standard Version
And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.
Bible in Basic English
They took the ark of God into the house of Dagon and put it by the side of Dagon.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Yea the Philistines toke the arke of God, and brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.
King James Version (1611)
When the Philistines tooke the Arke of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the Philistines took the ark of the Lord, and brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.
English Revised Version
And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.
Berean Standard Bible
carried it into the temple of Dagon, and set it beside his statue.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Filisteis tokun the arke of God, and brouyten it to the temple of Dagon, and settiden it bisidis Dagon.
Young's Literal Translation
and the Philistines take the ark of God and bring it into the house of Dagon, and set it near Dagon.
Update Bible Version
And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.
Webster's Bible Translation
When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.
World English Bible
The Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.
New King James Version
When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the temple of Dagon [fn] and set it by Dagon.
New Living Translation
They carried the Ark of God into the temple of Dagon and placed it beside an idol of Dagon.
New Life Bible
They took the special box of God into the house of Dagon, and set it beside Dagon.
New Revised Standard
then the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it into the house of Dagon and placed it beside Dagon.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, when the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon, - and placed it by the side of Dagon.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it into the temple of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.
Revised Standard Version
then the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it into the house of Dagon and set it up beside Dagon.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it to the house of Dagon and set it by Dagon.

Contextual Overview

1 The P'lishtim had captured the ark of God and brought it from Even-‘Ezer to Ashdod. 2 Then the P'lishtim took the ark of God, brought it to the temple of Dagon and set it next to Dagon. 3 But early the next morning, when the people of Ashdod got up, there was Dagon, fallen down with his face to the ground before the ark of Adonai . They took Dagon and set him in his place again; 4 but early the following morning, when they got up, Dagon was again fallen down with his face to the ground before the ark of Adonai ; this time, the head of Dagon and both hands lay there, severed, on the threshold; all that was left of Dagon was his torso. 5 This is why, to this day, the priests of Dagon and those entering his temple never walk on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

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

Cross-References

Genesis 1:27
So God created humankind in his own image; in the image of God he created him: male and female he created them.
Genesis 2:15
Adonai , God, took the person and put him in the garden of ‘Eden to cultivate and care for it.
Genesis 2:23
The man-person said, "At last! This is bone from my bones and flesh from my flesh. She is to be called Woman , because she was taken out of Man ."
Malachi 2:15
And hasn't he made [them] one [flesh] in order to have spiritual blood-relatives? For what the one [flesh] seeks is a seed from God. Therefore, take heed to your spirit, and don't break faith with the wife of your youth.
Matthew 19:4
He replied, "Haven't you read that at the beginning the Creator made them male and female ,
Mark 10:6
However, at the beginning of creation, God made them male and female.
Acts 17:26
"From one man he made every nation living on the entire surface of the earth, and he fixed the limits of their territories and the periods when they would flourish.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

When the Philistines took the ark of God,.... And had brought it to Ashdod:

they brought it into the house of Dagon; a temple dedicated to that idol, and in which his image stood; of which :-,

and set it by Dagon; by the side of him, either in honour to the ark, as Abarbinel, designing to give it homage and adoration, as to their own deity; for though the Gentiles did not choose to change their gods, yet they would add the gods of other nations to them; and such the Philistines might take the ark to be: or else, as Procopius Gazaeus, they brought it into their idol's temple, as a trophy of victory, and as a spoil taken from their enemies, and which they dedicated to their idol. Laniado r observes, that the word here used signifies servitude, as in Genesis 33:15 and that the ark was set here to minister to, or serve their god Dagon. The temple of Dagon at Ashdod or Azotus was in being in the times of the Maccabees, and was burnt by Jonathan,

"83 The horsemen also, being scattered in the field, fled to Azotus, and went into Bethdagon, their idol's temple, for safety. 84 But Jonathan set fire on Azotus, and the cities round about it, and took their spoils; and the temple of Dagon, with them that were fled into it, he burned with fire.'' (1 Maccabees 10)

r Cli Yaker, fol. 162. 4.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

They brought it into the house of Dagon (see the marginal reference) in order to enhance the triumph of the gods of the Philistines over the God of Israel. (Compare 1 Samuel 31:9; Judges 16:23; Isaiah 37:12.)

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 5:2. The house of Dagon — On this idol, which was supposed to be partly in a human form, and partly in that of a fish, see the note on Judges 16:23. Some think that this idol was the same with Dirceto, Attergatis, the Venus of Askelon, and the Moon. - See Calmet's Dissertation on the gods of the Philistines.

The motive which induced the Philistines to set up the ark in the temple of Dagon, may be easily ascertained. It was customary, in all nations, to dedicate the spoils taken from an enemy to their gods:

1. As a gratitude-offering for the help which they supposed them to have furnished; and,

2. As a proof that their gods, i.e., the gods of the conquerors, were more powerful than those of the conquered.

It was, no doubt, to insult the God of Israel, and to insult and terrify his people, that they placed his ark in the temple of Dagon. When the Philistines had conquered Saul, they hung up his armour in the temple of Ashtaroth, 1 Samuel 31:10. And when David slew Goliath, he laid up his sword in the tabernacle of the Lord, 1 Samuel 21:8-9. We have the remains of this custom in the depositing of colours, standards, c., taken from an enemy, in our churches but whether this may be called superstition or a religious act, is hard to say. If the battle were the Lord's, which few battles are, the dedication might be right.


 
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