1 Samuel 5:3

Listen to 1 Samuel 5:3
3 A la ma帽ana siguiente, cuando los de Asdod se levantaron temprano, he aqu铆 que Dag贸n hab铆a ca铆do rostro en tierra delante del arca del SE脩OR. Y tomaron a Dag贸n y lo pusieron otra vez en su lugar.

1 Samuel 5:3 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 5:3

And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow,
&e.] Either the people, the inhabitants of the place, who came early to pay their devotions to their idol, before they went on their business; or the priests of the idol, who came to sacrifice in the morning:

and, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark
of the Lord;
as if he was subject to it, and giving adoration to it, and owning it was above him, and had superior power over him:

and they took Dagon, and set him in his place again;
having no notion that it was owing to the ark of God, or to the God of Israel, that he was fallen, but that it was a matter of chance.

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1 Samuel 5:3 In-Context

1 Los filisteos tomaron el arca de Dios y la llevaron de Eben-ezer a Asdod.
2 Entonces tomaron los filisteos el arca de Dios y la introdujeron en el templo de Dag贸n, y la pusieron junto a Dag贸n.
3 A la ma帽ana siguiente, cuando los de Asdod se levantaron temprano, he aqu铆 que Dag贸n hab铆a ca铆do rostro en tierra delante del arca del SE脩OR. Y tomaron a Dag贸n y lo pusieron otra vez en su lugar.
4 Pero al levantarse temprano al d铆a siguiente, he aqu铆 que Dag贸n hab铆a ca铆do rostro en tierra delante del arca del SE脩OR. Y la cabeza de Dag贸n y las dos palmas de sus manos estaban cortadas sobre el umbral; s贸lo el tronco le quedaba a Dag贸n.
5 Por tanto, hasta hoy, ni los sacerdotes de Dag贸n ni ninguno de los que entran en el templo de Dag贸n, pisan el umbral de Dag贸n en Asdod.
Scripture taken from La Biblia de las Am茅ricas庐 (LBLA庐), Copyright 漏 1986, 1995, 1997 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. www.LBLA.com