Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And the next day again, when they rose in the morning, they found Dagon lying upon his face on the earth before the ark of the Lord: and the head of Dagon, and both the palms of his hands, were cut off upon the threshold: the head Isaiah 2:18,19 And idols shall be utterly destroyed. . . . Isaiah 27:9 Therefore upon this shall the iniquity of the house of Jacob be forgiven: and this is all the fruit, that the sin thereof should be taken away, when he shall have made all the stones of the altar, as burnt stones broken in pieces, the groves and temples shall not stand. Jeremiah 10:11 Thus then shall you say to them: The gods that have not made heaven and earth, let them perish from the earth, and from among those places that are under heaven. Jeremiah 50:2 Declare ye among the nations, and publish it, lift up a standard: proclaim, and conceal it not: say: Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is overthrown, their graven things are confounded, their idols are overthrown. Ezekiel 6:4-6 And I will throw down your altars, and your idols shall be broken in pieces: and I will cast down your slain before your idols. . . . Daniel 11:8 And he shall also carry away captive into Egypt their gods, and their graven things, and their precious vessels of gold and silver: he shall prevail against the king of the north. Micah 1:7 And I will make Samaria as a heap of stones in the field when a vineyard is planted: and I will bring down the stones thereof into the valley, and will lay her foundations bare. 1 Samuel 5:4 And the next day again, when they rose in the morning, they found Dagon lying upon his face on the earth before the ark of the Lord: and the head of Dagon, and both the palms of his hands, were cut off upon the threshold: ; Desinat in poscem, mulier formosa superne: `The upper part a handsome woman, and the lower part a fish.' If such was the form of this idol, then everything that was human was broken off from what resembled a fish. the stump. Context The Ark Afflicts the Philistines…3And when the Azotians arose early the next day, behold Dagon lay upon his face on the ground before the ark of the Lord: and they took Dagon, and set him again in his place. 4And the next day again, when they rose in the morning, they found Dagon lying upon his face on the earth before the ark of the Lord: and the head of Dagon, and both the palms of his hands, were cut off upon the threshold:5And only the stump of Dagon remained in its place. For this cause neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that go into the temple, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Azotus unto this day.… Cross References 1 Samuel 6:5 According to the number of the provinces of the Philistines you shall make five golden emerods, and five golden mice: for the same plague hath been upon you all, and upon your lords. And you shall make the likeness of your emerods, and the likeness of the mice, that have destroyed the land, and you shall give glory to the God of Israel: to see if he will take off his hand from you, and from your gods, and from your land. Isaiah 40:20 He hath chosen strong wood, and that will not rot: the skilful workman seeketh how he may set up an idol that may not be moved. Ezekiel 6:4 And I will throw down your altars, and your idols shall be broken in pieces: and I will cast down your slain before your idols. Ezekiel 6:6 In all your dwelling places. The cities shall be laid waste, and the high places shall be thrown down, and destroyed, and your altars shall be abolished, and shall be broken in pieces: and your idols shall be no more, and your temples shall be destroyed, and your works shall be defaced. Micah 1:7 And I will make Samaria as a heap of stones in the field when a vineyard is planted: and I will bring down the stones thereof into the valley, and will lay her foundations bare. Lexicon But when they got up earlyוַיַּשְׁכִּ֣מוּ (way·yaš·ki·mū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 7925: To load up, to start early in the morning the next מִֽמָּחֳרָת֒ (mim·mā·ḥo·rāṯ) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 4283: The morrow, tomorrow morning, בַבֹּקֶר֮ (ḇab·bō·qer) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1242: Dawn, morning there וְהִנֵּ֣ה (wə·hin·nêh) Conjunctive waw | Interjection Strong's Hebrew 2009: Lo! behold! was Dagon, דָג֗וֹן (ḏā·ḡō·wn) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1712: Dagon -- a god and an idol of the Philistines fallen נֹפֵ֤ל (nō·p̄êl) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5307: To fall, lie on his face לְפָנָיו֙ (lə·p̄ā·nāw) Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face before לִפְנֵ֖י (lip̄·nê) Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face the ark אֲר֣וֹן (’ă·rō·wn) Noun - common singular construct Strong's Hebrew 727: A chest, ark of the LORD, יְהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel with his head וְרֹ֨אשׁ (wə·rōš) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 7218: The head [and] כַּפּ֣וֹת (kap·pō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural construct Strong's Hebrew 3709: Hollow or flat of the hand, palm, sole (of the foot), a pan his hands יָדָ֗יו (yā·ḏāw) Noun - fdc | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3027: A hand broken off כְּרֻתוֹת֙ (kə·ru·ṯō·wṯ) Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine plural Strong's Hebrew 3772: To cut, to destroy, consume, to covenant and lying on אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to the threshold. הַמִּפְתָּ֔ן (ham·mip̄·tān) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4670: A stretcher, a sill Only רַ֥ק (raq) Adverb Strong's Hebrew 7535: But, even, except, howbeit howsoever, at the least, nevertheless [the torso] דָּג֖וֹן (dā·ḡō·wn) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1712: Dagon -- a god and an idol of the Philistines remained. נִשְׁאַ֥ר (niš·’ar) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7604: To swell up, be, redundant Additional Translations But when they got up early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen on his face before the ark of the LORD, with his head and his hands broken off and lying on the threshold. Only the torso remained.And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen on 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 on the threshold; only the stump of Dagon was left to him. And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of Jehovah; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands lay cut off upon the threshold; only the stump of Dagon was left to him. And it came to pass when they rose early in the morning, behold, Dagon had fallen on his face before the ark of the covenant of the Lord; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off each before the threshold, and both the wrists of his hands had fallen on the floor of the porch; only the stump of Dagon was left. And when they arose early the next morning, behold, Dagon had fallen on his face to the ground before the ark of Jehovah; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold; only the fish-stump was left to him. 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 lay cut off upon the threshold; only the stump of Dagon was left to him. And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon had 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 threshhold; only the stump of Dagon was left to him. When they arose early on the next day morning, behold, Dagon was fallen on his face to the ground before the ark of Yahweh; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands [lay] cut off on the threshold; only [the stump of] Dagon was left to him. And they rise early in the morning on the morrow, and lo, Dagon is fallen on its face to the earth, before the ark of Jehovah, and the head of Dagon, and the two palms of its hands are cut off at the threshold, only the fishy part hath been left to him; Jump to Previous Ark Cut Dagon Early Hands Head Lay Morning Morrow Palms Stump Threshhold ThresholdJump to Next Ark Cut Dagon Early Hands Head Lay Morning Morrow Palms Stump Threshhold ThresholdExternal Links 1 Samuel 5:4 NIV1 Samuel 5:4 NLT 1 Samuel 5:4 ESV 1 Samuel 5:4 NASB 1 Samuel 5:4 ASV 1 Samuel 5:4 Bible Apps 1 Samuel 5:4 Biblia Paralela 1 Samuel 5:4 Chinese Bible 1 Samuel 5:4 French Bible 1 Samuel 5:4 German Bible Alphabetical: and ark arose been before behold body both broken But cut Dagon early face fallen following ground had hands head him his left LORD lying morning next of off on only palms remained rose the there they threshold to trunk was were when OT History: 1 Samuel 5:4 When they arose early on the next (1Sa iSam 1 Sam i sa) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |
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