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When they of Ashdod arose early on the next day, behold, Dagon was fallen on his face to the ground before the ark of Yahweh. They took Dagon, and set him in his place again.
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God's Power Over Idols
Commentators explain that Dagon falling on its face before the Ark was not an accident but a clear demonstration of God's supreme power. As one scholar notes, the posture was one of submission, as if the false god was bowing in adoration to the one true God. This event shows that no man-made god or idol can stand in the presence of the Lord.
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19th Century
Anglican
Dagon was fallen upon his face. — This Dagon was one of the chief Philistine deities and had temples not only in Ashdod a…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow , &e.] Either the people, the inhabitants of the place, who came e…
Presbyterian
See the ark's triumph over Dagon. Thus the kingdom of Satan will certainly fall before the kingdom of Christ, error before truth, profaneness befor…
