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1 Samuel 5:2
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brought it into the temple of Dagon and placed it next to his statue.
The Pelishtim took the ark of God, and brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.
When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.
Then the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it to the temple of Dagon and placed it beside Dagon.
Then the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it into the house of Dagon and set it up beside Dagon.
They carried it into Dagon's temple and put it next to Dagon.
The Philistines took the ark of God and brought it into the temple of Dagon, where they positioned it beside Dagon.
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].
Then the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it into the house of Dagon, and placed it beside Dagon.
Then the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it to the house of Dagon and set it by Dagon.
They brought it into the temple of their god Dagon and put it next to the statue of Dagon, which they worshiped.
Then the P'lishtim took the ark of God, brought it to the temple of Dagon and set it next to Dagon.
And the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.
They carried God's Holy Box into the temple of Dagon and put it next to the statue of Dagon.
Then the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it into the house of Dagon and set it by the side of Dagon.
took it into the temple of their god Dagon, and set it up beside his statue.
And the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it to the house of Dagon, and set it near Dagon.
in to the house of Dagon, and set it besyde Dagon.
And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.
They took the ark of God into the house of Dagon and put it by the side of Dagon.
Yea the Philistines toke the arke of God, and brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.
And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.
When the Philistines tooke the Arke of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.
And the Philistines took the ark of the Lord, and brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.
And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.
carried it into the temple of Dagon, and set it beside his statue.
And Filisteis tokun the arke of God, and brouyten it to the temple of Dagon, and settiden it bisidis Dagon.
and the Philistines take the ark of God and bring it into the house of Dagon, and set it near Dagon.
And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.
When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.
The Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.
When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the temple of Dagon [fn] and set it by Dagon.
They carried the Ark of God into the temple of Dagon and placed it beside an idol of Dagon.
They took the special box of God into the house of Dagon, and set it beside Dagon.
then the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it into the house of Dagon and placed it beside Dagon.
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.
And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it into the temple of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.
then the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it into the house of Dagon and set it up beside Dagon.
Then the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it to the house of Dagon and set it by Dagon.
Contextual Overview
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
Thus God created the man in his image: in the image of God created he him: he created them male and female.
Then the Lord God tooke the man, and put him into the garden of Eden, that he might dresse it and keepe it.
Then the man said, This now is bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. She shalbe called woman, because she was taken out of man.
And did not hee make one? yet had hee abundance of spirit: and wherefore one? because he sought a godly seede: therefore keepe your selues in your spirit, & let none trespasse against the wife of his youth.
And he answered & sayd vnto them, Haue ye not read, that hee which made them at the beginning, made them male and female,
But at the beginning of the creation God made them male and female:
And hath made of one blood all mankinde, to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath assigned the seasons which were ordeined before, and the boundes of their habitation,
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.
