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The Philistines and the Ark

1 Then the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it afrom Ebenezer to Ashdod.  
2 When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of aDagon and set it by Dagon.  
3 And when the people of Ashdod arose early in the morning, there was Dagon, afallen on its face to the earth before the ark of the Lord. So they took Dagon and bset it in its place again.  
4 And when they arose early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen on its face to the ground before the ark of the Lord. aThe head of Dagon and both the palms of its hands were broken off on the threshold; only1 Dagon’s torso was left of it.  
5 Therefore neither the priests of Dagon nor any who come into Dagon’s house atread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod to this day.  
6 But the ahand of the Lord was heavy on the people of Ashdod, and He bravaged them and struck them with ctumors, both Ashdod and its dterritory.  
7 And when the men of Ashdod saw how it was, they said, “The ark of the aGod of Israel must not remain with us, for His hand is harsh toward us and Dagon our god.”  
8 Therefore they sent and gathered to themselves all the alords of the Philistines, and said, “What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel?” And they answered, “Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried away to bGath.” So they carried the ark of the God of Israel away.  
Book Notes:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown Book Notes

I & II Samuel

THE FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF SAMUEL. The two were, by the ancient Jews, conjoined so as to make one book, and in that form could be called the Book of Samuel with more propriety than now, the second being wholly occupied with the relation of transactions that did not take place till after the death of that eminent judge. Accordingly, in the Septuagint and the Vulgate, it is called the First and Second Books of Kings. The early portion of the First Book, down to the end of the twenty-fourth chapter, was probably written by Samuel; while the rest of it and the whole of the Second, are commonly ascribed to Nathan and Gad, founding the opinion on I Chronicles 29:29. Commentators, however, are divided about this, some supposing that the statements in I Samuel 2:26; I Samuel 3:1, indicate the hand of the judge himself, or a contemporary; while some think, from I Samuel 6:18; I Samuel 12:5; I Samuel 27:6, that its composition must be referred to a later age. It is probable, however, that these supposed marks of an after-period were interpolations of Ezra. This uncertainty, however, as to the authorship does not affect the inspired authority of the book, which is indisputable, being quoted in the New Testament (I Samuel 13:14 in Acts 13:22, and II Samuel 7:14 in Hebrews 1:5), as well as in many of the Psalms.

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