Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 5:6

6 Yēhéhuá de shǒu chóngchóng jiā zaì Yàshítū rénshēn shàng , baìhuaì tāmen , shǐ tāmen shēng zhì chuāng . Yàshítū hé Yàshítū de sì jìng dōu shì rúcǐ .

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 5:6 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 5:6

But the hand of the Lord was heavy on them of Ashdod
Not only on their idol, but on themselves; it had crushed him to pieces, and now it fell heavy on them to their destruction:

and he destroyed them;
either by the disease after mentioned they were smitten with, or rather with some other, since that seems not to be mortal, though painful; it may be with the pestilence:

and smote them with emerods;
more properly haemorrhoids, which, as Kimchi says, was the name of a disease, but he says not what; Ben Gersom calls it a very painful disease, from whence comes a great quantity of blood. Josephus ^F21 takes it to be the dysentery or bloody flux; it seems to be what we commonly call the piles, and has its name in Hebrew from the height of them, rising up sometimes into high large tumours:

even Ashdod and the coasts thereof;
not only the inhabitants of the city were afflicted with this disease, but those of the villages round about.

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FOOTNOTES:

F21 Antiqu. l. 6. c. 1. sect. 1.

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 5:6 In-Context

4 Yòu cì rì qīngzǎo qǐlai , jiàn dà gún pú dǎo zaì Yēhéhuá de yuē guì qián , liǎn fú yú dì , bìngqiĕ dà gún de tóu hé liǎng shǒu dōu zaì mén jiàn shàng zhé duàn , zhǐ shèngxia dà gún de cán tǐ .

5 Yīncǐ , dà gún de jìsī hé yīqiè jìn Yàshítū , dà gún miào de rén dōu bú tā dà gún miào de mén jiàn , zhídào jīnrì .

6 Yēhéhuá de shǒu chóngchóng jiā zaì Yàshítū rénshēn shàng , baìhuaì tāmen , shǐ tāmen shēng zhì chuāng . Yàshítū hé Yàshítū de sì jìng dōu shì rúcǐ .

7 Yà shí tū rén jiàn zhè guāngjǐng , jiù shuō , Yǐsèliè shén de yuē guì bùkĕ liú zaì wǒmen zhèlǐ , yīnwei tāde shǒu chóngchóng jiā zaì wǒmen hé wǒmen shén dà gún de shēnshang .

8 Jiù dǎfa rén qù qǐng Fēilìshì de zhòng shǒulǐng lái jùjí , wèn tāmen shuō , wǒmen xiàng Yǐsèliè shén de yuē guì yīngdāng zĕnyàng xíng ne . tāmen huídá shuō , kĕyǐ jiāng Yǐsèliè shén de yuē guì yùn dào Jiātè qù . yúshì jiāng Yǐsèliè shén de yuē guì yùn dào nàli qù .