Chapter commentary
1 Samuel Chapter 5
2
1 Samuel 5:2
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English original
They brought it into the house of Dagon (see the marginal reference) in order to enhance the triumph of the gods of the Philistines over the God of Israel. (Compare 1 Samuel 31:9; Judges 16:23; Isaiah 37:12.)
5
1 Samuel 5:5
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這習俗在大袞的敬拜者中間一直存留到約西亞作王的時候那樣晚（見邊註串珠）。
English original
This custom still existed among the worshippers of Dagon so late as the reign of Josiah (see the marginal reference).
6
1 Samuel 5:6
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「痔瘡」——這是 hemorrhoids（痔疾）一詞的訛變。Deuteronomy 28:27 把它列於神威嚇要因不順從而懲罰以色列人的疾病之中。
English original
Emerods - A corruption of "hemorrhoids." It is mentioned Deuteronomy 28:27 among the diseases with which God threatened to punish the Israelites for disobedience.
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1 Samuel 5:8
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那些「首領」（見 Judges 3:3）極不願放棄他們的勝利，並本着異教徒常見的迷信，認為在亞實突有某種地方性的厄運臨到他們頭上。結果，整個非利士群體都落在同樣的災禍之下。
English original
The "lords" (see Judges 3:3) were very unwilling to give up their triumph, and, with the common pagan superstition, imagined that some local bad luck was against them at Ashdod. The result was to bring the whole Philistine community under the same calamity.
他們把約櫃抬進大袞廟（見邊註串珠），為要更加顯揚非利士眾神對以色列之神的得勝（比較 1 Samuel 31:9；Judges 16:23；Isaiah 37:12）。