1 Samuel 5 · Verse 1

1 Samuel 5:1

And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Eben–ezer unto Ashdod.
1 Samuel 5:1, King James Version

1 Samuel 5:1 in other translations

BSBAfter the Philistines had captured the ark of God, they took it from Ebenezer to Ashdod,
WEBNow the Philistines had taken God’s ark, and they brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.
ASVNow the Philistines had taken the ark of God, and they brought it from Eben-ezer unto Ashdod.
YLTAnd the Philistines have taken the ark of God, and bring it in from Eben-Ezer to Ashdod,
DARBYAnd the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Eben-ezer to Ashdod.
BBENow the Philistines, having taken the ark of God, took it with them from Eben-ezer to Ashdod.
WebsterAnd the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Eben-ezer to Ashdod.

What does 1 Samuel 5:1 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
1Sa 5:1, 2. The Philistines Bring the Ark into the House of Dagon. 1. Ashdod--or Azotus, one of the five Philistine satrapies, and a place of great strength. It was an inland town, thirty-four miles north of Gaza, now called Esdud.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Introduction

The Philistines set up the ark in the temple of Dagon at Ashdod; whose image is found next morning prostrate before it, broken in pieces, 1Sam 5:1-5. The Philistines are also smitten with a sore disease, 1Sam 5:6. The people of Ashdod refuse to let the ark stay with them; and the lords of the Philistines, with whom they consulted, order it to be carried to Gath, 1Sam 5:7, 1Sam 5:8. They do so; and God smites the inhabitants of that city, young and old, with the same disease, 1Sam 5:9. They send the ark to Ekron, and a heavy destruction fags upon that city, and they resolve to send it back to Shiloh, 1Sam 5:10-12. Verse 1 Brought it from Eben-ezer unto Ashdod - Ashdod or Azotus was one of the five satrapies or lordships of the Philistines.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Samuel 5:1-5
See the ark's triumph over Dagon. Thus the kingdom of Satan will certainly fall before the kingdom of Christ, error before truth, profaneness before godliness, and corruption before grace in the hearts of the faithful. When the interests of religion seem to be ready to sink, even then we may be confident that the day of their triumph will come. When Christ, the true Ark of the covenant, really enters the heart of fallen man, which is indeed Satan's temple, all idols will fall, every endeavour to set them up again will be vain, sin will be forsaken, and unrighteous gain restored; the Lord will claim and possess the throne. But pride, self-love, and worldly lusts, though dethroned and crucified, still remain within us, like the stump of Dagon. Let us watch and pray that they may not prevail. Let us seek to have them more entirely destroyed.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

1 Samuel 5:1 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וּפְלִשְׁתִּים֙u.fe.lish.Timand [the] PhilistinesH6430
לָֽקְח֔וּla.ke.Chuthey tookH3947
אֵ֖ת'et<obj.>H853
אֲר֣וֹן'a.Ron[the] ark ofH727
הָאֱלֹהִ֑יםha.'E.lo.Him<the> GodH430
וַיְבִאֻ֛הוּvay.vi.'U.huand they brought itH935
מֵאֶ֥בֶןme.'E.venfrom Eben-H72
הָעֵ֖זֶרha.'E.zer<the> -ezerH72
אַשְׁדּֽוֹדָה\׃'ash.Do.dahAshdod towardsH795

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Cross references for 1 Samuel 5:1

  • 1 Samuel 7:12

    Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Eben–ezer, saying, Hitherto hath the Lord helped us.

  • 1 Samuel 4:1

    And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside Eben–ezer: and the Philistines pitched in Aphek.

  • 1 Samuel 4:22

    And she said, The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark of God is taken.

  • Joshua 13:3

    From Sihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the borders of Ekron northward, which is counted to the Canaanite: five lords of the Philistines; the Gazathites, and the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avites:

  • 1 Samuel 4:11

    And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.

  • Acts 8:40

    But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preached in all the cities, till he came to Cesarea.

  • 1 Samuel 4:17-18

    And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken. And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.

  • Joshua 11:22

    There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there remained.

  • Psalms 78:61

    And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy’s hand.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1 The Philistines having brought the ark into Ashdod, set it in the house of Dagon.
3 Dagon is smitten down and cut in pieces, and they of Ashdod smitten with emerods.
8 So God deals with them of Gath, when it was brought thither;
10 and so with them of Ekron, when it was brought thither.

took.
4:11,17,18,22; Ps 78:61
Eben-ezer.
4:1; 7:12
Ashdod.Ashdod, called Azotus by the Greeks, was one of the five satrapies 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 Siculus, 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 ground," he observes, "around Ashdod is beautifully undulating, but not half stocked with cattle. 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."
Jos 11:22; Ac 8:40
Azotus.

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Context

  • 1 Samuel 5:1

    And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Eben–ezer unto Ashdod.

  • 1 Samuel 5:2

    When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.

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1 Samuel 5:1 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y LOS Filisteos, tomada el arca de Dios, trajéronla desde Eben-ezer á Asdod.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et les Philistins prirent l’arche de Dieu et la transportèrent d’Ében-Ézer à Asdod.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und die Philister hatten die Lade Gottes genommen und brachten sie von Eben-Eser nach Asdod.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Philisthiim autem tulerunt arcam Dei, et asportaverunt eam a lapide Adjutorii in Azotum.