1 Samuel 5:2

2 Então os filisteus tomaram a arca de Deus e a introduziram na casa de Dagom, e a puseram junto a Dagom.

1 Samuel 5:2 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 5:2

When the Philistines took the ark of God
And had brought it to Ashdod:

they brought it into the house of Dagon;
a temple dedicated to that idol, and in which his image stood; of which (See Gill on Judges 16:23),

and set it by Dagon;
by the side of him, either in honour to the ark, as Abarbinel, designing to give it homage and adoration, as to their own deity; for though the Gentiles did not choose to change their gods, yet they would add the gods of other nations to them; and such the Philistines might take the ark to be: or else, as Procopius Gazaeus, they brought it into their idol's temple, as a trophy of victory, and as a spoil taken from their enemies, and which they dedicated to their idol. Laniado ^F18 observes, that the word here used signifies servitude, as in ( Genesis 33:15 ) and that the ark was set here to minister to, or serve their god Dagon. The temple of Dagon at Ashdod or Azotus was in being in the times of the Maccabees, and was burnt by Jonathan,

``83 The horsemen also, being scattered in the field, fled to Azotus, and went into Bethdagon, their idol's temple, for safety. 84 But Jonathan set fire on Azotus, and the cities round about it, and took their spoils; and the temple of Dagon, with them that were fled into it, he burned with fire.'' (1 Maccabees 10)

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FOOTNOTES:

F18 Cli Yaker, fol. 162. 4.

1 Samuel 5:2 In-Context

1 Os filisteus, pois, tomaram a arca de Deus, e a levaram de Ebenézer a Asdode.

2 Então os filisteus tomaram a arca de Deus e a introduziram na casa de Dagom, e a puseram junto a Dagom.

3 Levantando-se, porém, de madrugada no dia seginte os de Asdode, eis que Dagom estava caído com o rosto em terra diante da arca do Senhor; e tomaram a Dagom, e tornaram a pô-lo no seu lugar.

4 E, levantando-se eles de madrugada no dia seguinte, eis que Dagom estava caído com o rosto em terra diante da arca do Senhor; e a cabeça de Dagom e ambas as suas mãos estavam cortadas sobre o limiar; somente o tronco ficou a Dagom.

5 Pelo que nem os sacerdotes de Dagom, nem nenhum de todos os que entram na casa de Dagom, pisam o limiar de Dagom em Asdode, até o dia de hoje.