A DIGEST OF CHAPTER 5 1 Samuel 5:1-6 _The Ark in the temple of Dagon._ The Philistines treated the Ark of the Lord as if it were a part of the spoils of war. Since they worshiped the false god, Dagon, they took the Ark to the temple of Dagon. It was installed there as a trophy of war and as a sign... [ Continue Reading ]
The Captivity of the Ark, 1 Samuel 5:1 to 1 Samuel 7:17. _The Ark in the Temple of Dagon. 1 Samuel 5:1-6_ And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Ebenezer unto Ashdod. 2 When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon. 3 A... [ Continue Reading ]
THE ARK IN GATH, 1 SAMUEL 5:7-9 7 And when the men of Ashdod saw that _is was so,_ they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us: for his hand is sore upon us, and upon Dagon our god. 8 They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines unto them, and said, What sh... [ Continue Reading ]
_The Ark in Ekron._ 1 Samuel 5:10-12 10 Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And it came to pass, as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to slay us and our people. 11 So they sent and gathered togeth... [ Continue Reading ]