1 Samuel 5:5

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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.

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Interpretation

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.

Read with

This thought runs through 1 Samuel 5:3-5.

1 Samuel 5:3 1 Samuel 5:4 1 Samuel 5:5

Glossary

Ashdod Place: Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Tel Ashdod.
Dagon’s house Tribe: ( 1 Sam. 5:2 ), or Beth-dagon, as elsewhere rendered (Josh. 15: 41; 19:27), was the sanctuary or temple of Dagon. The Beth-dagon of Josh.