And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Ebenezer unto Ashdod.
took
1 Samuel 4:11,17,18,22 And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and …
Psalm 78:61 And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy's hand.
Eben-ezer
1 Samuel 4:1 And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against …
1 Samuel 7:12 Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and …
Ashdod Ashdod, called azotus by the Greeks, was one of the five satraphies of the Philistines, and a place of great strength and consequence. It was situated near the Mediterranean, between Askelon and Jamnia, thirty-four miles north of Gaza, according to Diodorus Sciculus, and the Antonine and Jerusalem Itineraries. it is now called Shdood; and Dr. Richardson says they neither saw nor heard of any ruins there. `The site of the town is on the summit of a grassy hill; and, if we are to believe historians, was anciently as strong as it was beautiful.
Joshua 11:22 There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children of …
Acts 8:40 But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preached in …
Azotus
When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.
And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the LORD. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again.
Dagon was
Exodus 12:12 For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite …
Psalm 97:7 Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves …
Isaiah 19:1 The burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD rides on a swift cloud, and …
Isaiah 46:1,2 Bel bows down, Nebo stoops, their idols were on the beasts, and on …
Zephaniah 2:11 The LORD will be terrible to them: for he will famish all the gods …
Mark 3:11 And unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, and …
Luke 10:18-20 And he said to them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven…
2 Corinthians 6:14-16 Be you not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship …
set him
Isaiah 19:1 The burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD rides on a swift cloud, and …
Isaiah 40:20 He that is so impoverished that he has no oblation chooses a tree …
Isaiah 41:7 So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smoothes with …
Isaiah 44:17-20 And the residue thereof he makes a god, even his graven image: he …
Isaiah 46:1,2,7 Bel bows down, Nebo stoops, their idols were on the beasts, and on …
Jeremiah 10:8 But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine …
And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold; only the stump of Dagon was left to him.
the head
Isaiah 2:18,19 And the idols he shall utterly abolish…
Isaiah 27:9 By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this …
Jeremiah 10:11 Thus shall you say to them, The gods that have not made the heavens …
Jeremiah 50:2 Declare you among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; …
Ezekiel 6:4-6 And your altars shall be desolate, and your images shall be broken: …
Daniel 11:8 And shall also carry captives into Egypt their gods, with their princes, …
Micah 1:7 And all the graven images thereof shall be beaten to pieces, and …
of Dagon The name of this idol, Dagon, signifies a fish: and it is supposed to be the Atergatis of the Syrians, corruptly called Derceto by the Greeks, which had the upper part of a woman, and the lower part like a fish; as Lucian informs us: () `In Phoenicia I saw the image of Derceto; a strange sight truly! For she had the half of a woman, but from the thighs downward a fish's tail.' Diodorus, describing the same idol, as represented at Askelon, say, (), `It had the head of a woman, but all the rest of the body a fish's. Probably Horace alludes to this idol, in De Art. Poet. v.
1 Samuel 5:4 And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was …
the stump. or, the fishy part
Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon's house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this day.
But the hand of the LORD was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them with emerods, even Ashdod and the coasts thereof.
the hand
1 Samuel 5:7,11 And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark …
Exodus 9:3 Behold, the hand of the LORD is on your cattle which is in the field, …
Psalm 32:4 For day and night your hand was heavy on me: my moisture is turned …
Acts 13:11 And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is on you, and you shall be …
emerods
1 Samuel 5:9,11 And it was so, that, after they had carried it about, the hand of …
1 Samuel 6:5 Why you shall make images of your tumors, and images of your mice …
Deuteronomy 28:27 The LORD will smite you with the botch of Egypt, and with the tumors, …
Job 31:3 Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the …
Psalm 78:66 And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual …
thereof
The LXX. and Vulgate add: () Et ebullierunt villae et agri in medio regionis illius, et nati sunt mures; et facta est confusio mortis magnae in civitate; `And the cities and fields in Vulgate the midst of that region produced mice; [Vulgate burst up, and mice were produced;] and there was the confusion of a great death in the city.'
1 Samuel 6:4,5 Then said they, What shall be the trespass offering which we shall …
And when the men of Ashdod saw that it 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.
saw
1 Samuel 4:8 Woe to us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods?…
Exodus 8:8,28 Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Entreat the LORD, …
Exodus 9:28 Entreat the LORD (for it is enough) that there be no more mighty …
Exodus 10:7 And Pharaoh's servants said to him, How long shall this man be a …
Exodus 12:33 And the Egyptians were urgent on the people, that they might send …
The ark
1 Samuel 6:20 And the men of Bethshemesh said, Who is able to stand before this …
2 Samuel 6:9 And David was afraid of the LORD that day, and said, How shall the …
1 Chronicles 13:11-13 And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach on Uzza: …
1 Chronicles 15:13 For because you did it not at the first, the LORD our God made a …
upon Dagon our god
1 Samuel 5:3,4 And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon …
Jeremiah 46:25 The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, said; Behold, I will punish …
Jeremiah 48:7 For because you have trusted in your works and in your treasures, …
They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines unto them, and said, What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel? And they answered, Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried about unto Gath. And they carried the ark of the God of Israel about thither.
And it was so, that, after they had carried it about, the hand of the LORD was against the city with a very great destruction: and he smote the men of the city, both small and great, and they had emerods in their secret parts.
the hand
1 Samuel 5:6 But the hand of the LORD was heavy on them of Ashdod, and he destroyed …
1 Samuel 7:13 So the Philistines were subdued, and they came no more into the coast …
1 Samuel 12:15 But if you will not obey the voice of the LORD, but rebel against …
Deuteronomy 2:15 For indeed the hand of the LORD was against them, to destroy them …
Amos 5:19 As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into …
Amos 9:1-4 I saw the LORD standing on the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel …
with a very
1 Samuel 5:11 So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, …
and they had emerods
1 Samuel 5:6 But the hand of the LORD was heavy on them of Ashdod, and he destroyed …
1 Samuel 6:4,5,11 Then said they, What shall be the trespass offering which we shall …
Psalm 78:66 And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual …
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.
So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to his own place, that it slay us not, and our people: for there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.
And the men that died not were smitten with the emerods: and the cry of the city went up to heaven.
died
1 Kings 19:17 And it shall come to pass, that him that escapes the sword of Hazael …
Amos 5:19 As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into …
the cry
1 Samuel 9:16 To morrow about this time I will send you a man out of the land of …
Exodus 12:30 And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all …
Isaiah 15:3-5 In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the …
Jeremiah 14:2 Judah mourns, and the gates thereof languish; they are black to the …
Jeremiah 25:34 Howl, you shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in the ashes, …
Jeremiah 48:3 A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim, spoiling and great destruction.
