O panorama
1 Samuel 5 abre com “And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Eben-ezer unto Ashdod.”, muda perto do versículo 6 com “But the hand of the LORD was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote…” e termina com “And the men that died not were smitten with the emerods: and the cry of the city went up…”. Esses pontos traçam o movimento próprio do capítulo, da abertura à conclusão.
A Escritura ao lado do resumo
1 Samuel · Versão King James · 121 Samuel 5:1-6
Versículos 1–6: The Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Eben-ezer unto…
1 Samuel 5:1–6 abre com “And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Eben-ezer unto Ashdod.” e chega a “But the hand of the LORD was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them…” no último versículo. Esse percurso desenvolve 1 Samuel 5 se desenvolve por meio de suas próprias vozes, ações, afirmações e consequências.
Contexto que dá vida à passagem
“And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Eben-ezer unto Ashdod.” Nomear Ashdod e Eben mantém o relato ligado a pessoas ou lugares concretos. Acompanhe onde o nome retorna e o que muda ao redor dele.
“When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.” Nomear Dagon mantém o relato ligado a pessoas ou lugares concretos. Acompanhe onde o nome retorna e o que muda ao redor dele.
1 Samuel 5:1-6
Versão King James1And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Eben-ezer unto Ashdod.
2When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.
3And 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.
4And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD ; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold; only the stump of Dagon was left to him.
5Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon’s house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this day.
6But 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.
1 Samuel 5:7-12
Versículos 7–12: When the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the God…
1 Samuel 5:7–12 abre com “And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not…” e chega a “And the men that died not were smitten with the emerods: and the cry of the city went up to…” no último versículo. Esse percurso desenvolve 1 Samuel 5 se desenvolve por meio de suas próprias vozes, ações, afirmações e consequências.
Contexto que dá vida à passagem
Este bloco contém 1 perguntas. Elas não são simples pontuação: mostram onde uma voz procura, desafia, teme ou tenta compreender.
“And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us: for…” A ordem não pode ser entendida apenas pelo verbo. O destinatário, o propósito e seu lugar na aliança ou argumento definem a responsabilidade.
“They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines unto them, and said, What shall we do with the ark…” A pergunta desacelera a passagem. Observe quem precisa responder, o que ela pressupõe e se as linhas seguintes apresentam uma resposta.
“And it was so, that, after they had carried it about, the hand of the LORD was against the city with a very great…” Os termos próprios desta linha incluem city, both, carried. A relação com os versículos 8 e 10 permite verificar sua função na passagem.
1 Samuel 5:7-12
Versão King James7And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us: for his hand is sore upon us, and upon Dagon our god.
8They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines unto them, and said, What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel? And they answered, Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried about unto Gath. And they carried the ark of the God of Israel about thither.
9And it was so, that, after they had carried it about, the hand of the LORD was against the city with a very great destruction: and he smote the men of the city, both small and great, and they had emerods in their secret parts.
10Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And it came to pass, as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to slay us and our people.
11So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to his own place, that it slay us not, and our people: for there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.
12And the men that died not were smitten with the emerods: and the cry of the city went up to heaven.
Detalhes que merecem atenção
A imagem de abertura
1 Samuel 5:1 começa com “And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Eben-ezer unto Ashdod.”
Onde o capítulo muda
1 Samuel 5:6 forma uma mudança natural: “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.”
A nota final
1 Samuel 5:12 deixa o leitor com “And the men that died not were smitten with the emerods: and the cry of the city went up to heaven.”
Um caminho de palavras pelo capítulo
As palavras Dagon, Ashdod, Israel, city, hand, LORD ajudam a revelar as preocupações repetidas do capítulo.
Primeiro o texto
Onde os leitores divergem
O resumo começa com o que a passagem diz e como suas partes se relacionam. Ele não presume que uma denominação já resolveu todas as questões. A dependência de uma tradição, teoria literária ou reconstrução histórica é claramente identificada.
O texto KJV aparece primeiro. As conclusões interpretativas são identificadas, e as diferenças surgem quando ajudam a explicar por que comunidades sérias nem sempre chegam à mesma resposta.
As notas interpretativas comparativas deste capítulo estão em preparação. Até que as notas revisadas estejam prontas, esta página separa o texto KJV do resumo e da aplicação sem afirmar que leitores responsáveis concordam em todas as questões.