Verse 1
God. Hebrew. Elohim. See App-4.
Eben-ezer. Compare 1 Samuel 4:1; 1 Samuel 7:12.
Ashdod = fortified. Now Esdud. Compare Joshua 13:3. See note on Genesis 10:14.
Verse 2
Dagon = great fish.
Verse 3
the morrow. Septuagint adds "and entered into the house of Dagon, they looked and "behold, &c. behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6.
the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. in contrast with Dagon. App-4.
Verse 4
only . . . Dagon. The hands and feet being gone, only Dagon (the fish part) remained.
Verse 6
hand. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6, for the judgments inflicted by it.
emerods. See note on Deuteronomy 28:27.
Verse 7
men. Hebrew. "enosh. App-14. Ill.
Verse 8
lords = princes. See note on Joshua 13:3.