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1 Samuel 5

1 Sam. 5:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And the Philistines
Plishtiy (Hebrew #6430)
a Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth
KJV usage: Philistine.
Pronounce: pel-ish-tee'
Origin: patrial from 6429
took
laqach (Hebrew #3947)
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
KJV usage: accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, X many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
Pronounce: law-kakh'
Origin: a primitive root
the ark
'arown (Hebrew #727)
from 717 (in the sense of gathering); a box
KJV usage: ark, chest, coffin.
Pronounce: aw-rone'
Origin: or laron {aw-rone'}
of God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
, and brought
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
it fromd Eben-ezer
'Eben (Hebrew #72)
stone of the help; Eben-ha-Ezer, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Ebenezer.
Pronounce: ha-`ezer
Origin: from 68 and 5828 with the article inserted
unto Ashdod
'Ashdowd (Hebrew #795)
ravager; Ashdod, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Ahdod.
Pronounce: ash-dode'
Origin: from 7703
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1 Sam. 7:12• 12Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Eben-ezer, saying, Hitherto hath the Lord helped us. (1 Sam. 7:12)

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Ark of God,
Ashdod,
Eben-ezer,
God,
Philistines

Cross References

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1-2:  The Philistines having brought the ark into Ashdod, set it in the house of Dagon.
3-7:  Dagon is smitten down and cut in pieces, and they of Ashdod smitten with emerods.
8-9:  So God deals with them of Gath, when it was brought thither;
10-12:  and so with them of Ekron, when it was brought thither.
took.
1 Sam. 4:11,17‑18,22• 11And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
 17And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.
 18And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.
 22And she said, The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark of God is taken. (1 Sam. 4:11,17‑18,22)
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Psa. 78:61• 61And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy's hand. (Psa. 78:61)
Eben-ezer.
1 Sam. 4:1• 1And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside Eben-ezer: and the Philistines pitched in Aphek. (1 Sam. 4:1)
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1 Sam. 7:12• 12Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Eben-ezer, saying, Hitherto hath the Lord helped us. (1 Sam. 7:12)
Ashdod.Ashdod, called Azotus by the Greeks, was one of the five satrapies of the Philistines, and a place of great strength and consequence.
It was situated near the Mediterranean, between Askelon and Jamnia, thirty-four miles north of Gaza, according to Diodorus Siculus, and the Antonine and Jerusalem Itineraries.
It is now called Shdood; and Dr. Richardson says they neither saw nor heard of any ruins there.
"The ground," he observes, "around Ashdod is beautifully undulating, but not half stocked with cattle.
The site of the town is on the summit of a grassy hill; and, if we are to believe historians, was anciently as strong as it was beautiful."
Josh. 11:22• 22There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there remained. (Josh. 11:22)
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Acts 8:40• 40But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preached in all the cities, till he came to Caesarea. (Acts 8:40)
Azotus.

J. N. Darby Translation

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And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Eben-ezer to Ashdod.