Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - 1 Samuel 5:6

Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - 1 Samuel 5:6 - 5:6

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Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - 1 Samuel 5:6 - 5:6

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5:12 - 5:12

1Sa 5:6-12. The Philistines are smitten with Emerods.

the hand of the Lord was heavy upon them of Ashdod - The presumption of the Ashdodites was punished by a severe judgment that overtook them in the form of a pestilence.

smote them with emerods - bleeding piles, hemorrhoids (Psa 78:66), in a very aggravated form. As the heathens generally regarded diseases affecting the secret parts of the body as punishments from the gods for trespasses committed against themselves, the Ashdodites would be the more ready to look upon the prevailing epidemic as demonstrating the anger of God, already shown against their idol.