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Introduction
Overview
1 Samuel 5 . 1 , The Philistines having brought the ark into Ashdod , set it in the house of Dagon; 1 Samuel 5 . 3 , Dagon is smitten down and cut in pieces , and they of Ashdod smitten with emerods; 1 Samuel 5 . 8 , So God deals with them of Gath , when it was brought thither; 1 Samuel 5 . 10 , and so with them of Ekron , when it was brought thither.
took . 1 Samuel 4 . 11 , 1 Samuel 4 . 17 , 1 Samuel 4 . 18 , 1 Samuel 4 . 22 , Psalm 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
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 Psalm 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
Dagon was . Exodus 12 . 12 , Psalm 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
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
neither . Psalm 115 . 4-7 , Psalm 135 . 15-18
tread . Joshua 5 . 15 , Zephaniah 1 . 9
Reciprocal . Genesis 32 . 32 . eat not Exodus 20 . 23 . General
the hand . 1 Samuel 5 . 7 , 1 Samuel 5 . 11 , Exodus 9 . 3 , Psalm 32 . 4 , Acts 13 . 11
emerods . 1 Samuel 5 . 9 , 1 Samuel 5 . 11 , 1 Samuel 6 . 5 , Deuteronomy 28 . 27 , Job 31 . 3 , Psalm 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 Psalm 38 . 2 . thy hand Psalm 44 . 2 . how thou didst afflict Isaiah 26 . 11 . they shall Revelation 16 . 2 . a noisome
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 Psalm 32 . 4 . hand Psalm 44 . 2 . how thou didst afflict Ezekiel 39 . 21 . and my
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
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 , Psalm 78 . 66
Reciprocal . Deuteronomy 28 . 27 . emerods 1 Samuel 6 . 3 . known 2 Kings 23 . 2 . both small and great Psalm 32 . 4 . hand Psalm 107 . 40 . contempt Acts 13 . 11 . hand Revelation 16 . 2 . a noisome
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
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 Psalm 32 . 4 . hand Psalm 38 . 2 . thy hand Ezekiel 39 . 21 . and my Acts 13 . 11 . hand
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