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1 Samuel 5:1 open_in_new
God. Hebrew. Elohim. See App-4.
Eben-ezer. Compare 1 Samuel 4:1; 1 Samuel 7:12.
Ashdod. fortified. Now Esdud. Compare Joshua 13:3. See note on Genesis 10:14.
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1 Samuel 5:2 open_in_new
Dagon. great fish.
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1 Samuel 5:3 open_in_new
the morrow. Septuagint adds "and entered into the house of Dagon, they looked and "behold, &c. behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6.
the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. in contrast with Dagon. App-4.
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1 Samuel 5:4 open_in_new
only... Dagon. The hands and feet being gone, only Dagon (the fish part) remained.
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1 Samuel 5:6 open_in_new
hand. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6, for the judgments inflicted by it.
emerods. See note on Deuteronomy 28:27.
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1 Samuel 5:7 open_in_new
men. Hebrew. "enosh. App-14. Ill.
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1 Samuel 5:8 open_in_new
lords. princes. See note on Joshua 13:3.