1 Sam 5:2–5 When the Philistines set the ark beside their god Dagon, the idol fell to the floor and was broken. A people whose gods were in enemy hands was considered to be completely conquered.
1 Sam 5:6 The tumors, together with an apparently abnormal number of mice in the area (6:5), have led most commentators to identify the disease as bubonic plague. Yet 5:12 has no reference to the mice at all.
1 Sam 5:8 The five (6:4, 16) lords were the rulers of the five leading Philistine cities (see 6:17).
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