Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
THE PHILISTINES BRING THE ARK INTO THE HOUSE OF DAGON. (I Samuel 5:1-2)
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.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing 1 Samuel 5:1:
1 Samuel 5:1
Isaiah 46:1
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