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Tuesday, January 21st, 2025
the Second Week after Epiphany
the Second Week after Epiphany
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Barnes, Albert. "Commentary on 1 Samuel 5". "Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible". https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/eng/bnb/1-samuel-5.html. 1870.
Barnes, Albert. "Commentary on 1 Samuel 5". "Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible". https://www.studylight.org/
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Verse 2
They brought it into the house of Dagon (see the marginal reference) in order to enhance the triumph of the gods of the Philistines over the God of Israel. (Compare 1 Samuel 31:9; Judges 16:23; Isaiah 37:12.)
Verse 5
This custom still existed among the worshippers of Dagon so late as the reign of Josiah (see the marginal reference).
Verse 6
Emerods - A corruption of “hemorrhoids.” It is mentioned Deuteronomy 28:27 among the diseases with which God threatened to punish the Israelites for disobedience.
Verse 8
The “lords” (see Judges 3:3) were very unwilling to give up their triumph, and, with the common pagan superstition, imagined that some local bad luck was against them at Ashdod. The result was to bring the whole Philistine community under the same calamity.