But the hand of the LORD was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them with emerods , even Ashdod and the coasts thereof.
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Gill's Exposition
But the hand of the Lord was heavy on them of Ashdod,.... Not only on their idol, but on themselves; it had crushed him to pieces, and now it fell heavy on them to their destruction:
and he…
Barnes' Notes
Emerods - A corruption of “hemorrhoids.” It is mentioned Deu 28:27 among the diseases with which God threatened to punish the Israelites for disobedience.
Adam Clarke
Smote them with emerods - The word עפלים apholim, from עפל aphal, to be elevated, probably means the disease called the bleeding piles, which appears to have been accompanied with dysentery, bloody…
The downfall of Dagon (if the people had made a good use of it, and had been brought by it to repent of their idolatries and to humble themselves before the God of Israel and seek his face) might have…
Cambridge Bible
But the hand of the Lord Rather, And. "The hand of the Lord" = the putting forth of His might. Chastisement now overtook the people as well as the god.
he destroyed them, and smote them with emerods A…
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