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1 Samuel 5:4 KJV
1 Samuel · chapter 5 · verse 4
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.1 Samuel 5:4 · King James Version
1 Samuel 5:4 in context
2When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.
3And 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.
4And 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.
5Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon’s house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this day.
6But 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- morningbôqerproperly, dawnH1242 →
- morrowmochŏrâththe morrow or tomorrowH4283 →
- fallennâphalto fall, in a great variety of applicationsH5307 →
- groundʼeretsthe earthH776 →
- earlyshâkamliterally, to load upH7925 →
- DagonDâgôwnDagon, a Philistine deityH1712 →
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Here is, I. The Philistines' triumph over the ark, which they were the more pleased, the more proud, to be now masters of, because before the battle they were possessed with a great fear of it, Sa1 4:7.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-5