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1 Samuel 5:1

The Philistines carried God's Holy Box, from Ebenezer to Ashdod.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ebenezer;   Miracles;   Thompson Chain Reference - Ark;   Ashdod;   Eben-Ezer;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Ark of the Covenant;   Idolatry;   Philistines, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ashdod;   Dagon;   Ebenezer;   Miracle;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Ashdod;   Dagon;   Philistia, philistines;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Prayer;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Dagon;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ark of the Covenant;   Dagon;   Gods, Pagan;   Philistines, the;   Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ashdod;   Eben-Ezer;   Philistines;   Samson;   Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Bag ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Ark of God;   Ashdod ;   Ebenezer ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Ashdod;   Dagon;   Philistia;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Dagon;  

Encyclopedias:

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

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
After the Philistines had captured the ark of God, they took it from Ebenezer to Ashdod,
Hebrew Names Version
Now the Pelishtim had taken the ark of God, and they brought it from Even-Ha`ezer to Ashdod.
King James Version
And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Ebenezer unto Ashdod.
Lexham English Bible
Now the Philistines had captured the ark of God and brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.
English Standard Version
When the Philistines captured the ark of God, they brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.
New Century Version
After the Philistines had captured the Ark of God, they took it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.
New English Translation
Now the Philistines had captured the ark of God and brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.
Amplified Bible
Then the Philistines took the ark of God, and they brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.
New American Standard Bible
Now the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then the Philistims tooke the Arke of God and caried it from Eben-ezer vnto Ashdod,
Legacy Standard Bible
Now the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.
Contemporary English Version
The Philistines took the sacred chest from near Ebenezer to the town of Ashdod.
Complete Jewish Bible
The P'lishtim had captured the ark of God and brought it from Even-‘Ezer to Ashdod.
Darby Translation
And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Eben-ezer to Ashdod.
George Lamsa Translation
AND the Philistines took the ark God, and brought it from the Rock of Help to Ashdod.
Good News Translation
After the Philistines captured the Covenant Box, they carried it from Ebenezer to their city of Ashdod,
Literal Translation
And the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
As for the Arke of God, the Philistynes toke it and broughte it from the stone of helpe vnto Aÿdod
American Standard Version
Now the Philistines had taken the ark of God, and they brought it from Eben-ezer unto Ashdod.
Bible in Basic English
Now the Philistines, having taken the ark of God, took it with them from Eben-ezer to Ashdod.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the Philistines toke the arke of God, and caryed it from the Eben ezer vnto Asdod.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Now the Philistines had taken the ark of God, and they brought it from Eben-ezer unto Ashdod.
King James Version (1611)
And the Philistines tooke the Arke of God, and brought it from Ebenezer vnto Ashdod.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Abenezer to Azotus.
English Revised Version
Now the Philistines had taken the ark of God, and they brought it from Eben–ezer unto Ashdod.
Berean Standard Bible
After the Philistines had captured the ark of God, they took it from Ebenezer to Ashdod,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe Filisteis token the arke of God, and baren awey it fro the stoon of help in to Azotus.
Young's Literal Translation
And the Philistines have taken the ark of God, and bring it in from Eben-Ezer to Ashdod,
Update Bible Version
Now the Philistines had taken the ark of God, and they brought it from Eben-ezer to Ashdod.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Eben-ezer to Ashdod.
World English Bible
Now the Philistines had taken the ark of God, and they brought it from Eben-ezer to Ashdod.
New King James Version
Then the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.
New Living Translation
After the Philistines captured the Ark of God, they took it from the battleground at Ebenezer to the town of Ashdod.
New Life Bible
The Philistines took the special box of God and brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.
New Revised Standard
When the Philistines captured the ark of God, they brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Now, the Philistines, having taken the ark of God, - brought it in from Eben-ezer, unto Ashdod.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Philistines took the ark of God, and carried it from the Stone of help into Azotus.
Revised Standard Version
When the Philistines captured the ark of God, they carried it from Ebene'zer to Ashdod;
THE MESSAGE
Once the Philistines had seized the Chest of God, they took it from Ebenezer to Ashdod, brought it into the shrine of Dagon, and placed it alongside the idol of Dagon.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Now the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.

Contextual Overview

1 The Philistines carried God's Holy Box, from Ebenezer to Ashdod. 2 They carried God's Holy Box into the temple of Dagon and put it next to the statue of Dagon. 3 The next morning, the people of Ashdod got up and found Dagon lying face down on the ground before the Lord 's Box. The people of Ashdod put the statue of Dagon back in its place. 4 But the next morning when the people of Ashdod got up, they found Dagon on the ground again. Dagon had fallen down before the Lord 's Holy Box. This time, Dagon's head and hands were broken off and were lying in the doorway. Only his body was still in one piece. 5 That is why, even today, the priests or other people refuse to step on the threshold when they enter Dagon's temple at Ashdod.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

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

Cross-References

Genesis 2:4
This is the story about the creation of the sky and the earth. This is what happened when the Lord God made the earth and the sky.
Genesis 5:26
After Lamech was born, Methuselah lived 782 years and had other sons and daughters.
Genesis 5:27
So Methuselah lived a total of 969 years; then he died.
Genesis 6:9
This is the history of Noah's family. He was a good man all his life, and he always followed God.
Genesis 10:1
This is the history of the families of Shem, Ham, and Japheth. They are Noah's sons. These men had children after the flood.
1 Chronicles 1:1
The first generations of people were Adam, Seth, Enosh, Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared, Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, and Noah.
Ecclesiastes 7:29
"There is one other thing I have learned. God made people good, but they have found many ways to be bad."
Ecclesiastes 12:1
Remember your Creator while you are young, before the bad times come—before the years come when you say, "I have wasted my life."
Matthew 1:1
This is the family history of Jesus the Messiah. He came from the family of David, who was from the family of Abraham.
1 Corinthians 11:7
But a man should not cover his head, because he is made like God and is God's glory. But woman is man's glory.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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 did not destroy it, nor take out of it what was in it, only took it up:

and brought it from Ebenezer unto Ashdod. Ebenezer was the place where the camp of Israel was pitched, 1 Samuel 4:1 and near to which the battle was fought. Ashdod was one of the five principalities of the Philistines, the same with Azotus, Acts 8:40. The distance between these two places, according to Bunting q was one hundred and sixty miles; though one would think the distance from each other was not so great: why it was carried to Ashdod is not plain; perhaps it might be the nearest place of note in their country; and certain it is that it was one of their most famous cities, if not the most famous;

Acts 8:40- :, and had a famous idol temple in it.

q Travels of the Patriarchs, &c. p. 122.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

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 with a sore disease, 6.

The people of Ashdod refuse to let the ark stay with them; and

the lords of the Philistines, with whom they consulted, order

it to be carried to Gath, 7, 8.

They do so; and God smites the inhabitants of that city, young

and old, with the same disease, 9.

They send the ark to Ekron, and a heavy destruction falls upon

that city, and they resolve to send it back to Shiloh, 10-12.

NOTES ON CHAP. V

Verse 1 Samuel 5:1. Brought it from Eben-ezer unto Ashdod. — Ashdod or Azotus was one of the five satrapies or lordships of the Philistines.


 
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