Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 5

1 Fēilìshì rén jiāng shén de yuē guì cóng yǐbiàn Yǐxiè tái dào Yàshítū .

2 Fēilìshì rén jiāng shén de yuē guì tái jìn dà gún miào , fàng zaì dà gún de pángbiān .

3 Cì rì qīngzǎo , Yàshítū rén qǐlai , jiàn dà gún pú dǎo zaì Yēhéhuá de yuē guì qián , liǎn fú yú dì , jiù bǎ dà gún réng lì zaì yuán chù .

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 .

9 Yùn dào zhī hòu , Yēhéhuá de shǒu gōngjī nà chéng , shǐ nà chéng de rén dàdà jīnghuāng , wúlùn dà xiǎo dōu shēng zhì chuāng .

10 Tāmen jiù bǎ shén de yuē guì sòng dào Yǐgélún . shén de yuē guì dào le , Yǐgélún rén jiù hǎn nāng qǐlai shuō , tāmen jiāng Yǐsèliè shén de yuē guì yùn dào wǒmen zhèlǐ , yào haì wǒmen hé wǒmen de zhòng mín .

11 Yúshì dǎfa rén qù qǐng Fēilìshì de zhòng shǒulǐng lái , shuō , yuàn nǐmen jiāng Yǐsèliè shén de yuē guì sòng huí yuán chù , miǎndé haì le wǒmen hé wǒmen de zhòng mín . yuánlái shén de shǒu chóngchóng gōngjī nà chéng , chéng zhōng de rén yǒu yīn jīnghuāng ér sǐ de .

12 Wèicéng sǐ de rén dōu shēng le zhì chuāng . hé chéng hū hào , shēngyīn shàngdá yú tiān .

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 5 Commentary

Chapter 5

Dagon is broken before the ark. (1-5) The Philistine smitten. (6-12)

Verses 1-5 See the ark's triumph over Dagon. Thus the kingdom of Satan will certainly fall before the kingdom of Christ, error before truth, profaneness before godliness, and corruption before grace in the hearts of the faithful. When the interests of religion seem to be ready to sink, even then we may be confident that the day of their triumph will come. When Christ, the true Ark of the covenant, really enters the heart of fallen man, which is indeed Satan's temple, all idols will fall, every endeavour to set them up again will be vain, sin will be forsaken, and unrighteous gain restored; the Lord will claim and possess the throne. But pride, self-love, and worldly lusts, though dethroned and crucified, still remain within us, like the stump of Dagon. Let us watch and pray that they may not prevail. Let us seek to have them more entirely destroyed.

Verses 6-12 The hand of the Lord was heavy upon the Philistines; he not only convinced them of their folly, but severely chastised their insolence. Yet they would not renounce Dagon; and instead of seeking God's mercy, they desired to get clear of his ark. Carnal hearts, when they smart under the judgments of God, would rather, if it were possible, put him far from them, than enter into covenant or communion with him, and seek him for their friend. But their devices to escape the Divine judgments only increase them. Those that fight against God will soon have enough of it.

Chapter Summary

INTRODUCTION TO FIRST SAMUEL 5

This chapter relates how that the ark being brought by the Philistines to Ashdod, and placed in the temple of their idol, that fell down before it, 1Sa 5:1-5, that the hand of the Lord was upon the men of Ashdod, and smote them with emerods, 1Sa 5:6,7 and being carried to Gath, the men of Gath were smitten likewise with the same, 1Sa 5:8,9, and after that the men of Ekron, whither it also was carried, 1Sa 5:10-12.