1 Samuel 5:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

1 Samuel 5:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 5. The Ark in the Philistine Cities. 1 Samuel 5:1 . Ashdod. 1 Samuel 5:8 . Gath. 1 Samuel 5:10 . Ekron: see Joshua 11:22 ; Joshua 13:3 ; p 28. 1 Samuel 5:2 . Dagon: see Judges...
1 Samuel 5:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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1 Samuel 5:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. His hand is sore upon us, and u...
1 Samuel 5:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. The ark of ... God ... sh...
1 Samuel 5:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Ark among the Philistines 1. Ashdod] on an elevation overlooking the Philistine plain midway between Gaza and Joppa, and 3 m. from the Mediterranean. Its importance consisted in the fact that...
1 Samuel 5:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER VII. THE ARK AMONG THE PHILISTINES. 1 Samuel 5:1-12 ; 1 Samuel 6:1-21 ALTHOUGH the history in Samuel is silent as to the doings of the Philistines immediately after their great victo...
1 Samuel 5:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Captured Ark Brings Trouble 1 Samuel 5:1-12 Dagon's fall before the Ark of God has a sublime significance. In the evening, as the priests left the temple, the hideous image stood erect on i...
1 Samuel 5:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This is a story of supreme and arresting interest, showing as it does how, when the people of God fail to bear testimony for Him among the nations, He becomes His own witness. The Ark was not a char...
1 Samuel 5:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(6) В¶ 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. (7) And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was s...
1 Samuel 5:7 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE FISH-GOD ‘Dagon our god.’ 1 Samuel 5:7 I. The possession of the ark proved to be a curse rather than a blessing to the Philistines. —This was because God, for whose presence the ark sto...
1 Samuel 5:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so ,.... That many of their inhabitants were taken away by death, and others afflicted with a painful disease; all which they imputed to the ark being amon...
1 Samuel 5:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 7. The ark of the God o...
1 Samuel 5:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us Now their eyes were opened to see that, though they had vanquished the Israelites, they could not stand before the God of Israel. Let the ark b...
1 Samuel 5:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Though God had allowed the Philistines to gain the victory, He very soon spoils their pleasure in having captured the ark, taking it to Ashdod. They think the most fit place for it is in the house of...
1 Samuel 5:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Distress of the Philistines. B. C. 1120. 6 But the hand of the L ORD was heavy up...
1 Samuel 5:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
1 Samuel 5:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Ark of God Brings Misery and Plague On the Philistines Who Disrespect It ( 1 Samuel 5:6-12 ). What happened in the house of Dagon was not the only thing that was to trouble the Philistines. So...
1 Samuel 5:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 5:6 . “He destroyed them.” From 1 Samuel 6:4-5 ; 1 Samuel 6:11 ; 1 Samuel 6:18 , where, besides the votive offering referring to the bodily disease, a...
1 Samuel 5:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 5:1 . Ashdod, afterwards called Azotus. Acts 8:40 . 1 Samuel 5:2 . The ark and set it by Dagon. See Judges 10:6 ; Judges 16:23 . Some make Dagon to be the same as Nereid, Triton, a...
1 Samuel 5:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE ARK OF GOD IN PHILISTIA ( 1 Samuel 5:1-9 ). 1 Samuel 5:1 The Philistines took the ark of God . The silence of Scripture is often as remarkable as what it te...
1 Samuel 5:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Ark in Ashdod.
1 Samuel 5:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 13:11-13 ; 1 Chronicles 15:13 ; 1 Samuel 4:8 ; 1 Samuel 5:3 ; 1 Samuel 5:4 ; 1 Samuel 6:20 ; 2 Samuel 6:9 ; Exodus 10:7 ; Exodus 12:33 ; Exodus 8:28 ; Exodus 8:8 ; Exodus 9:2...
1 Samuel 5:7 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Ark in the Land of the Philistines 1 Samuel 5:1-12 ; 1 Samuel 6:1-11 INTRODUCTORY WORDS There are several things we think should be emphasized. 1. Ebenezer means "Hitherto hath the Lord...

1 Samuel 5:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 5:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Samuel 5:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 5:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 5:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 5:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Samuel 5:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Samuel 5:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 5:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Samuel 5:7 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 5:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Samuel 5:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Samuel 5:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 5:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 5:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 5:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 5:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 5:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Samuel 5:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 5:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 5:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Samuel 5:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 5:7 - Wells of Living Water Commentary