Passage Research
1 Samuel 5 — Sermon Preparation
The captured ark brings disaster to every Philistine city it enters — tumbling the idol of Dagon and afflicting the population with tumors. Below is a research summary for 1 Samuel 5, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 12
- verses
- 218 / 81
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 5
- classic sermon excerpts
- 3
- preachers & commentators
1 Samuel 5 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| דָּגוֹן | Dâgôwn | H1712 | 11 | Dagon |
| אָרוֹן | ʼârôwn | H727 | 12 | box |
| אַשְׁדּוֹד | ʼAshdôwd | H795 | 4 | Ashdod |
| סָבַב | çâbab | H5437 | 4 | revolve, surround |
| עֹפֶל | ʻôphel | H6076 | 3 | tumor, mound |
| פְּלִשְׁתִּי | Pᵉlishtîy | H6430 | 4 | Pelishtite |
| יָד | yâd | H3027 | 5 | hand, open |
How preachers through history handled this text
5 public-domain excerpts on 1 Samuel 5, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“The hand of the Lord was heavy upon the Philistines; he not only convinced them of their folly, but severely chastised their insolence. Yet they would not renounce Dagon; and instead of seeking God's mercy, they desired to get clear of his ark. Carnal hearts, when they smart under the judgments of God, would rather, if it were possible, put him far from them, than enter into covenant or communion with him, and seek him for their friend. But their devices to escape the Divine judgments only increase them. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on 1 Samuel 5:6–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Ashdod— 1 Sam 5:1
- Ebenezer 1— 1 Sam 5:1
- Ekron— 1 Sam 5:10
- Gath 1— 1 Sam 5:10
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