Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - 1 Samuel 5:2

Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - 1 Samuel 5:2 - 5:2

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Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - 1 Samuel 5:2 - 5:2

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5:1 - 5:1
5:2 - 5:2
5:3 - 5:3
5:5 - 5:5
5:6 - 5:6
5:7 - 5:7
5:11 - 5:11
5:12 - 5:12

the house of Dagon - Stately temples were erected in honor of this idol, which was the principal deity of the Philistines, but whose worship extended over all Syria, as well as Mesopotamia and Chaldea; its name being found among the Assyrian gods on the cuneiform inscriptions [Rawlinson]. It was represented under a monstrous combination of a human head, breast, and arms, joined to the belly and tail of a fish. The captured ark was placed in the temple of Dagon, right before this image of the idol.