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Text -- 1 Samuel 5:1-5 (NET)
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Context
The Ark Causes Trouble for the Philistines
5:1 Now the Philistines had captured the ark of God and brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod .
5:2 The Philistines took the ark of God and brought it into the temple of Dagon , where they positioned it beside Dagon .
5:3 When the residents of Ashdod got up early the next day , Dagon was lying on the ground before the ark of the Lord . So they took Dagon and set him back in his place .
5:4 But when they got up early the following day , day , Dagon was again lying on the ground before the ark of the Lord . The head of Dagon and his two hands were sheared off and were lying at the threshold . Only Dagon’s body was left intact .
5:5 (For this reason , to this very day , neither Dagon’s priests nor anyone else who enters Dagon’s temple step on Dagon’s threshold in Ashdod .)
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Dagon |
Philistines |
Ashdod |
ELIJAH |
Miracles |
Idolatry |
HOUSE |
LANGUAGES OF THE OLD TESTAMENT |
Threshold |
Ebenezer |
Temple |
Superstition |
TOWER |
PALM (OF THE HAND) |
Dagon's house |
Eben-ezer |
Honey |
SAMUEL, BOOKS OF |
FISH |
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