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1 Samuel 5:2-4
International Standard Version
1 Samuel 5:2-4
International Standard Version
2 Then the Philistines took the Ark of God, brought it to the temple of Dagon,[a] and placed it beside Dagon. 3 When the people of Ashdod got up the next morning, there was Dagon, lying on the ground in front of the Ark of the Lord. They took Dagon and put him back in his place. 4 But when they got up the next morning, there was Dagon, lying on the ground again in front of the Ark of the Lord. Dagon’s head and both of his arms[b] were broken off and lying on the threshold.[c] Only the trunk of[d] Dagon was left intact.[e]
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- 1 Samuel 5:2 Dagon was the principal deity of the Philistines.
- 1 Samuel 5:4 Lit. both of the palms of his hands
- 1 Samuel 5:4 Lit. broken off on the threshold
- 1 Samuel 5:4 The Heb. lacks the trunk of
- 1 Samuel 5:4 Lit. on it
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