1 Samuel 5

Verse 1

WEB Now the Philistines had taken the ark of God, and they brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.

KJV And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Ebenezer unto Ashdod.

TSK took: 1sa 4:11,17,18,22, ps 78:61; Eben-ezer: 1sa 4:1, 1sa 7:12; Ashdod: jos 11:22, ac 8:40

Verse 2

WEB The Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.

KJV When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.

TSK of Dagon: jud 16:23, 1ch 10:10, da 5:2,23, hab 1:11,16

Verse 3

WEB When they of Ashdod arose early on the next day, behold, Dagon was fallen on his face to the ground before the ark of Yahweh. They took Dagon, and set him in his place again.

KJV And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the LORD. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again.

TSK Dagon was: ex 12:12, ps 97:7, isa 19:1, isa 46:1,2, zep 2:11, mr 3:11, lu 10:18-20, 2co 6:14-16; set him: isa 19:1, isa 40:20, isa 41:7, isa 44:17-20, isa 46:1,2,7, jer 10:8

Verse 4

WEB When they arose early on the next day morning, behold, Dagon was fallen on his face to the ground before the ark of Yahweh; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off on the threshold. Only Dagon’s torso was intact.

KJV And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold; only the stump of Dagon was left to him.

TSK the head: isa 2:18,19, isa 27:9, jer 10:11, jer 50:2, eze 6:4-6, da 11:8, mic 1:7

Verse 5

WEB Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any who come into Dagon’s house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod, to this day.

KJV Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon's house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this day.

TSK neither: ps 115:4-7, ps 135:15-18; tread: jos 5:15, zep 1:9

Verse 6

WEB But the hand of Yahweh was heavy on them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and struck them with tumors, even Ashdod and its borders.

KJV But the hand of the LORD was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them with emerods, even Ashdod and the coasts thereof.

TSK the hand: 1sa 5:7,11, ex 9:3, ps 32:4, ac 13:11; emerods: 1sa 5:9,11, 1sa 6:5, de 28:27, job 31:3, ps 78:66; thereof: 1sa 6:4,5

Verse 7

WEB When the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, “The ark of the God of Israel shall not stay with us; for his hand is severe on us, and on Dagon our god.”

KJV And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us: for his hand is sore upon us, and upon Dagon our god.

TSK saw: 1sa 4:8, ex 8:8,28, ex 9:28, ex 10:7, ex 12:33; The ark: 1sa 6:20, 2sa 6:9, 1ch 13:11-13, 1ch 15:13; upon Dagon our god: 1sa 5:3,4, jer 46:25, jer 48:7

Verse 8

WEB They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines to them, and said, “What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel?” They answered, “Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried over to Gath.” They carried the ark of the God of Israel there.

KJV They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines unto them, and said, What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel? And they answered, Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried about unto Gath. And they carried the ark of the God of Israel about thither.

TSK What shall: zec 12:3; Gath: 1sa 17:4, am 6:2

Verse 9

WEB It was so, that after they had carried it about, the hand of Yahweh was against the city with a very great confusion: and he struck the men of the city, both small and great; and tumors broke out on them.

KJV And it was so, that, after they had carried it about, the hand of the LORD was against the city with a very great destruction: and he smote the men of the city, both small and great, and they had emerods in their secret parts.

TSK the hand: 1sa 5:6, 1sa 7:13, 1sa 12:15, de 2:15, am 5:19, am 9:1-4; and they had emerods: 1sa 5:6, 1sa 6:4,5,11, ps 78:66

Verse 10

WEB So they sent the ark of God to Ekron. It happened, as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, “They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to kill us and our people.”

KJV Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And it came to pass, as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to slay us and our people.

TSK God to Ekron: jos 15:45, jud 1:18, 2ki 1:2, am 1:8

Verse 11

WEB They sent therefore and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and they said, “Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to its own place, that it not kill us and our people.” For there was a deadly confusion throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.

KJV So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to his own place, that it slay us not, and our people: for there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.

TSK a deadly: isa 13:7-9, jer 48:42-44; the hand: 1sa 5:6,9

Verse 12

WEB The men who didn’t die were struck with the tumors; and the cry of the city went up to heaven.

KJV And the men that died not were smitten with the emerods: and the cry of the city went up to heaven.

TSK died: 1ki 19:17, am 5:19; the cry: 1sa 9:16, ex 12:30, isa 15:3-5, jer 14:2, jer 25:34, jer 48:3