Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on 1 Samuel 5:5
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1 Samuel5:5
5. Therefore neither the priests ... nor any ... tread on the threshold of Dagon--A superstitious ceremony crept in, and in the providence of God was continued, by which the Philistines contributed to publish this proof of the helplessness of their god.
unto this day--The usage continued in practice at the time when this history was written--probably in the later years of Samuel's life.
1Sa 5:6-12. The Philistines Are Smitten with Emerods.
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