1Sa 5:3-5, 1Ki 18:26-29, Isa 41:5-7, Jer 50:38, Act 19:34-35, Rev 13:4 | TSK | STEP

1 Samuel 5:3-5

Dagon was.

Ex 12:12; Ps 97:7; Isa 19:1; 46:1,2; Zep 2:11; Mr 3:11; Lu 10:18-20

set him.

Isa 19:1; 40:20; 41:7; 44:17-20; 46:1,2,7; Jer 10:8

the head.

Isa 2:18,19; 27:9; Jer 10:11; 50:2; Eze 6:4-6; Da 11:8; Mic 1:7

of Dagon.The name of this idol, Dagon, signifies a fish: and it is supposed to be the Atergatis of the Syrians, corruptly called Derceto by the Greeks, which had the upper part like a woman, and the lower part like a fish; as Lucian informs us: [Derketous de eidos en Phoinike etheésamén, theéma xenon; émisen men gyné; to de okoson ek mérón es akrous podas, ichtlyos ouré apoteinetai;] "In Phoenicia I saw the image of Derceto; a strange sight truly! For she had the half of a woman, but from the thighs downward a fish's tail." Diodorus, (1. ii.) describing the same idol, as represented at Askelon, says, [to men prosópon echei synaikos, to d'allo sóma pan ichthyos.] "It had the head of a woman, but all the rest of the body a fish's." Probably Horace alludes to this idol, in De Art. Poet. v. 4; {Desinat in piscem, mulier formosa superne:} "The upper part a handsome woman, and the lower part a fish." If such was the form of this idol, then everything that was human was broken off from what resembled a fish.

the stump. or, the fishy part.

neither.

Ps 115:4-7; 135:15-18

tread.

Jos 5:15; Zep 1:9

1 Kings 18:26-29

from morning.

Mt 6:7

hear. or, answer. no voice.

24; Ps 115:4-8; 135:15-20; Isa 37:38; 44:17; 45:20; Jer 10:5

Da 5:23; Hab 2:18; 1Co 8:4; 10:19,20; 12:2

answered. or, heard. leaped upon the altar. or, leaped upand down at the altar.

Zep 1:9

Elijah.

22:15; 2Ch 25:8; Ec 11:9; Isa 8:9,10; 44:15-17; Eze 20:39

Am 4:4,5; Mt 26:45; Mr 7:9; 14:41

aloud. Heb. with a great voice. for he is a god.

Isa 41:23

either.Such were the absurd and degrading notions which the heathens entertained of their gods. "Vishnoo sleeps four months in the year; and to each of the gods some particular business is assigned. Vayoo manages the winds; Vuroonu the waters, etc. According to a number of fables in the pooranus, the gods are often out on journeys or expeditions." Ward's Views of the Hindoos, vol. ii. p. 324.

he is talking. or, he meditateth. is pursuing. Heb. hatha pursuit. must be awaked.

Ps 44:23; 78:65,66; 121:4; Isa 51:9; Mr 4:38,39

cut themselves.

Le 19:28; De 14:1; Mic 6:7; Mr 5:5; 9:22

the blood gushed out upon them. Heb. they poured out bloodupon them.

prophesied.

22:10,12; 1Sa 18:10; Jer 28:6-9; Ac 16:16,17; 1Co 11:4,5

offering. Heb. ascending. See on ver.

voice.

26; Ga 4:8; 2Ti 3:8,9

that regarded. Heb. attention.

Isaiah 41:5-7

isles.

Ge 10:5; Eze 26:15,16

the ends.

Ex 15:14; Jos 2:10; 5:1; Ps 65:8; 66:3; 67:7

helped.

40:19; 44:12; 1Sa 4:7-9; 5:3-5; Da 3:1-7; Ac 19:24-28

of good courage. Heb. strong.

35:4; Joe 3:9-11

the carpenter.

40:19; 44:12-15; 46:6,7; Jer 10:3-5,9; Da 3:1-7

goldsmith. or, founder. him that smote the anvil. or, thesmiting. saying, It is ready for the soldering. or, saying of the solder, It is good. that it.

40:20; 46:7; Jud 18:17,18,24