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Wast afraid.' [175] The emerods which smote the worshippers of Dagon were ascribed directly to the hand of…

Date of account: Published 1879
Source: Demonology and Devil-lore
Reference: Demonology and Devil-lore · selected passage 164
Rights: public_domain
Language: English
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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wast afraid.' [175] The emerods which smote the worshippers of Dagon were ascribed directly to the hand of Jehovah

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wast afraid.' [175] The emerods which smote the worshippers of Dagon were ascribed directly to the hand of Jehovah. [176] In that vague degree of natural dualistic development which preceded the full Iranian influence upon the Jews, the infliction of diseases was delegated to an angel of Jehovah, as in the narratives of smiting the firstborn of Egypt, wasting the army of Sennacherib, and the pestilence sent upon Israel for David's sin. In the progress of this angel to be a demon of disease we find a phase of ambiguity, as shown in the hypochondria of Saul. 'The spirit of Jehovah departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from Jehovah troubled him.' [177]

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