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5:2 The Philistines <06430> took <03947> the ark <0727> of God <0430> and brought <0935> it into the temple <01004> of Dagon <01712>, where they positioned <03322> it beside <0681> Dagon <01712>. 5:3 When the residents of Ashdod <0796> got up early <07925> the next day <04283>, Dagon <01712> was lying <05307> on <06440> the ground <0776> before <06440> the ark <0727> of the Lord <03068>. So they took <03947> Dagon <01712> and set him back <07725> in his place <04725>. 5:4 But when they got up <07925> early the following day <04283>, day <01242>, Dagon <01712> was again lying <05307> on <06440> the ground <0776> before <06440> the ark <0727> of the Lord <03068>. The head <07218> of Dagon <01712> and his two <08147> hands <03027> were sheared off <03772> and were lying at <0413> the threshold <04670>. Only <07535> Dagon’s <01712> body was left <07604> intact <05921>. 5:5 (For <05921> this reason <03651>, to <05704> this very <02088> day <03117>, neither <03808> Dagon’s <01712> priests <03548> nor anyone <03605> else who enters <0935> Dagon’s <01712> temple <01004> step on <05921> Dagon’s <01712> threshold <04670> in Ashdod <0795>.) 5:6 The Lord <03068> attacked <03513> the residents of Ashdod <0796> severely, bringing devastation <08074> on them. He struck <05221> the people of both Ashdod <0795> and the surrounding area <01366> with sores <06076>. 5:7 When the people <0582> of Ashdod <0795> saw <07200> what was happening <03651>, they said <0559>, “The ark <0727> of the God <0430> of Israel <03478> should not <03808> remain <03427> with <05973> us, for <03588> he has attacked <07185> both us and our god <0430> Dagon <01712>!” 5:8 So they assembled <0622> all <03605> the leaders <05633> of the Philistines <06430> and asked <0559>, “What <04100> should we do <06213> with the ark <0727> of the God <0430> of Israel <03478>?” They replied <0559>, “The ark <0727> of the God <0430> of Israel <03478> should be moved <05437> to Gath <01661>.” So they moved <05437> the ark <0727> of the God <0430> of Israel <03478>. 5:9 But after <0310> it had been moved <05437> the Lord <03068> attacked <03027> <01961> that city <05892> as well, causing a great deal <03966> <01419> of panic <04103>. He struck <05221> all <01419> <05704> <06996> the people <0376> of that city <05892> with sores <06076> <08368>. 5:10 So they sent <07971> the <0853> ark <0727> of God <0430> to Ekron <06138>. But when <01961> the ark <0727> of God <0430> arrived <0935> at Ekron <06138>, the residents of Ekron <06139> cried out <02199> saying <0559>, “They have brought <05437> the <0853> ark <0727> of the God <0430> of Israel <03478> here to kill <04191> our people <05971>!” 5:11 So they assembled <0622> <07971> all <03605> the leaders <05633> of the Philistines <06430> and said <0559>, “Get <07971> the ark <0727> of the God <0430> of Israel <03478> out of here! Let it go back <07725> to its own place <04725> so that <03588> it won’t <03808> kill <04191> us and our people <05971>!” The terror <04103> of death <04194> was <01961> throughout the entire <03605> city <05892>; God <0430> was attacking <03027> them very <03966> severely <03513> there <08033>. 5:12 The people <0376> who <0834> did not <03808> die <04191> were struck <05221> with sores <06076>; the city’s <05892> cry for help <07775> went <05927> all the way up <05927> to heaven <08064>.

• 1Sa 5:1-12 -- The Ark Causes Trouble for the Philistines

• Dagon

  [ebd] little fish; diminutive from dag = a fish, the fish-god; the national god of the Philistines (Judg. 16:23). This idol had the body of a fish with the head and hands of a man. It was an Assyrio-Babylonian deity, the worship o...
  [isbe] DAGON - da'-gon (daghon; apparently derived from dagh, "fish"): Name of the god of the Philistines (according to Jerome on Isa 46:1 of the Philistines generally); in the Bible, Dagon is associated with Gaza (Jdg 16) but else...
  [smith] (a fish), apparently the masculine, (1 Samuel 5:3,4) correlative of Atargatis, was the national god of the Philistines. The most famous temples of Dagon were at Gaza, (Judges 16:21-30) and Ashdod. (1 Samuel 5:5,6; 1 ...
  [nave] DAGON An idol of the Philistines, Judg. 16:23; 1 Sam. 5. Temple of, 1 Chr. 10:10.
  

• Philistines

  [isbe] PHILISTINES - fi-lis'-tinz, fil'-is-tinz, fil'-is-tinz (pelishtim; Phulistieim, allophuloi): I. OLD TESTAMENT NOTICES 1. Race and Origin 2. Religion 3. Individual Philistines Mentioned 4. Title of Ruler and Circumcision 5. H...
  [smith] (immigrants), The origin of the Philistines is nowhere expressly stated in the Bible; but as the prophets describe them as "the Philistines-from Caphtor," (Amos 9:7) and "the remnant of the maritime district of Caphtor" (Jere...
  [nave] PHILISTINES Descendants of Mizraim, Gen. 10:14; 1 Chr. 1:12; Jer. 47:4; Amos 9:7. Called Cherethites, 1 Sam. 30:14-16; Ezek. 25:16; Zeph. 2:5; Casluhim, Gen. 10:14; 1 Chr. 1:12; Caphtorim, Jer. 47:4; Amos 9:7. Territory of...
  

• Ashdod

  [ebd] stronghold, a Philistine city (Josh. 15:47), about midway between Gaza and Joppa, and 3 miles from the Mediterranean. It was one of the chief seats of the worship of Dagon (1 Sam. 5:5). It belonged to the tribe of Judah (Jos...
  [isbe] ASHDOD - ash'-dod ('ashdodh; Azotos; modern Esdud): One of the five chief cities of the Philistines. The name means stronghold or fortress, and its strength may be inferred by the fact that Psammetik I, of Egypt, besieged it...
  [nave] ASHDOD A city of the Philistines, Josh. 13:3; 1 Sam. 6:17; Amos 3:9. Anakim inhabit, Josh. 11:22. Assigned to Judah, Josh. 15:47. Dagon's temple in, in which was deposited the ark, 1 Sam. 5. Conquest of, by Uzziah, 2 Chr...
  

• EMERODS

  [isbe] EMERODS - em'-er-odz `ophalim, techorim): These words are used in the account of the plague which broke out among the Philistines while the captive Ark of the Covenant was in their land. `Ophalim literally means rounded emin...
  [smith] (28:27; 1 Samuel 5:6,9,12; 6:4,5,11) Probably hemorrhiodal tumors , or bleeding piles, are intended. These are very common in Syria at present, Oriental habits of want of exercise and improper food, producing derangement o...
  

• Miracles

  [nave] MIRACLES. Index of Sub-topics Catalog of, and Supernatural Events, Of Jesus, in Chronological Order, Of the Disciples of Jesus; Convincing Effect of; Design of; Miraculous Gifts of the Holy Spirit; Miscellany of Minor Sub-...
  

• Gath

  [ebd] a wine-vat, one of the five royal cities of the Philistines (Josh. 13:3) on which the ark brought calamity (1 Sam. 5:8, 9; 6:17). It was famous also as being the birthplace or residence of Goliath (1 Sam. 17:4). David fled f...
  [isbe] GATH - gath (gath; Septuagint Geth, "winepress"): One of the five chief cities of the Philistines (Josh 13:3; 1 Sam 6:17). It was a walled town (2 Ch 26:6) and was not taken by Joshua, and, although many conflicts took place...
  [nave] GATH One of the five chief cities of the Philistines, Josh. 13:3; 1 Sam. 6:17; Amos 6:2; Mic. 1:10. Anakim, a race of giants, inhabitants of, Josh. 11:22. Goliath dwelt in, 1 Sam. 17:4; 1 Chr. 20:5-8. Obed-edom belonged t...
  

• Tumor

  [isbe] TUMOR - tu'-mer, tu'-mor (`ophel): the Revised Version (British and American) substitutes this word for "emerods" in 1 Sam 5:12; 6:4; Dt 28:27 margin. See EMERODS.
  [nave] TUMOR, a morbid swelling, 1 Sam. 5:6, 9, 12; 6:4, 5, 11, 17. See: Boil; Hemorrhoids.
  

• ELIJAH

  [isbe] ELIJAH - e-li'-ja ('eliyahu or (4 times) 'eliyah, "Yah is God"; Septuagint Eleiou, New Testament Eleias or Elias, the King James Version of New Testament Elias): I. THE WORKS OF ELIJAH 1. The Judgment of Drought 2. The Ordea...
  

• Ekron

  [ebd] firm-rooted, the most northerly of the five towns belonging to the lords of the Philistines, about 11 miles north of Gath. It was assigned to Judah (Josh. 13:3), and afterwards to Dan (19:43), but came again into the full po...
  [smith] (torn up by the roots; emigration), one of the five towns belonging to the lords of the Philistines, and the most northerly of the five. (Joshua 13:3) Like the other Philistine cities its situation was in the lowlands. It fel...
  [nave] EKRON One of the five chief cities of the Philistines, Josh. 13:3. Conquered and allotted to Judah, Josh. 15:11, 45; Judg. 1:18. Allotted to Dan, Josh. 19:43. The Ark of God taken to, 1 Sam. 5:10. Temple of Baal-zebub at...
  

• Hemorrhoids

  [nave] HEMORRHOIDS, a disease with which the Philistines were afflicted, 1 Sam. 5:6, 12; 6:4; 5:11; Deut. 28:27. See: Disease; Tumor.
  

• Haemorrhoids

  [ebd] or Emerods, bleeding piles known to the ancient Romans as mariscae, but more probably malignant boils of an infectious and fatal character. With this loathsome and infectious disease the men of Ashdod were smitten by the han...
  

• OPHEL

  [isbe] OPHEL - o'-fel (ha-`ophel (2 Ch 27:3; 33:14; Neh 3:26 f; 11:21; and without article, Isa 32:14 and Mic 4:8; also 2 Ki 5:24)): 1. Meaning of Name: There has been considerable divergence of opinion with regard to the meaning o...
  

• Idolatry

  [nave] IDOLATRY. Wicked Practices of Human sacrifices, Lev. 18:21; 20:2-5; Deut. 12:31; 18:10; 2 Kin. 3:26, 27; 16:3; 17:17, 18; 21:6; 23:10; 2 Chr. 28:3; 33:6; Psa. 106:37, 38; Isa. 57:5; Jer. 7:31; 19:4-7; 32:35; Ezek. 16:20, 2...
  

• Ark

  [ebd] Noah's ark, a building of gopher-wood, and covered with pitch, 300 cubits long, 50 cubits broad, and 30 cubits high (Gen. 6:14-16); an oblong floating house of three stories, with a door in the side and a window in the roof....
  

• Boil

  [nave] BOIL, a tumor. Plague of Egyptians, Ex. 9:9, 10; Deut. 28:27, 35; of the Philistines, 1 Sam. 5:6, 9; 1 Sam. 6:5. Of Hezekiah, healed, 2 Kin. 20:7; Isa. 38:21. Of Job, Job 2:7, 8. Levitical ceremonies prescribed for, Lev. 1...
  

• LORDS OF THE PHILISTINES

  [isbe] LORDS OF THE PHILISTINES - (ceren, same as Hebrew word for "axle," probably a native designation): These "lords" (Josh 13:3; Jdg 3:3; 16:5, etc.; 1 Sam 5:8,11, etc.), elsewhere called "princes" (sar, 1 Sam 18:30; 29:3,4,9), ...
  

• HEAVY; HEAVINESS

  [isbe] HEAVY; HEAVINESS - hev'-i, hev'-i-nes (kabhedh, de'aghah; lupe): 1. Literal: Heavy (heave, to lift) is used literally with respect to material things, as the translation of kobhedh, "heaviness" (Prov 27:3, "a stone is heavy"...
  

• Threshold

  [ebd] (1.) Heb. miphtan, probably a projecting beam at a higher point than the threshold proper (1 Sam. 5:4,5; Ezek. 9:3; 10:4,18; 46:2; 47:1); also rendered "door" and "door-post." (2.) 'Asuppim, pl. (Neh. 12:25), rendered correc...
  

• HOUSE

  [isbe] HOUSE - hous (bayith; oikos, in classical Greek generally "an estate," oikia, oikema (literally, "habitation"), in Acts 12:1, "prison"): I. CAVE DWELLINGS II. STONE-BUILT AND MUD/BRICK-BUILT HOUSES 1. Details of Plan and Con...
  

• Veil, vail

  [ebd] (1.) Heb. mitpahath (Ruth 3:15; marg., "sheet" or "apron;" R.V., "mantle"). In Isa. 3:22 this word is plural, rendered "wimples;" R.V., "shawls" i.e., wraps. (2.) Massekah (Isa. 25:7; in Isa. 28:20 rendered "covering"). The ...
  

• The Ark with the Philistines

  

• What was the Ark of the Covenant, and was it real?
  The Ark of the Covenant was definitely real and was a part of the tabernacle, being placed in the Holy of Holies behind the curtain. I will include articles below from three Bible Dictionaries that will give you some informat...

I Samuel 7:12

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