Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 5:1-5

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 .

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 5:1-5 Meaning and Commentary

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.