And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon [was] fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the LORD. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Le lendemain, les Asdodiens, qui s'étaient levés de bon matin, trouvèrent Dagon étendu la face contre terre, devant l'arche de l'Eternel. Ils prirent Dagon, et le remirent à sa place.
KJV
And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon [was] fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the LORD. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again.
Origen
Fragmenta in Librum Primum Regnorum (In Catenis de Samuelis et Regnorum)
κνων ἠγωνία προηγουμένως ἀλλ᾿ ὑπὲρ τῆς κιβωτοῦ, μήποτε γένοιτο ὑπὸ τοῖς ἀλλοφύλοις· ὂ δὴ καὶ συνέβη. I Sam. 5, 3. Ἵνα γνῶσιν οἱ ἀλλόφυλοι ὅτι οὔτε ὁ θεὸς ἡττήθη διὰ τῶν Ἰσραηλιτῶν οὔτε αὐτὸν νενικήκασι τῇ οἰκείᾳ δυνάμει, ἀλλὰ τῶν Ἰουδαίων αἱ ἁμαρτίαι καὶ ἀσέβειαι τὴν ἠτταν πεποιή…
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