1 Samuel 5:2-3

2 Then the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it into the house of Dagon and set it up beside ¹Dagon.

3 And when the people of Ashdod rose early the next day, behold, ²Dagon had fallen face downward on the ground before the ark of the LORD. So they took Dagon and put him back in his place.

1 Samuel 5:2-3 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.

Cross References

• 1. Judges 16:23
• 2. [Isaiah 46:1, 2]