Joshua 15:41
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41 Gederoth, Beth-dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah—16 cities, with their villages;
Joshua 19:27
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27 It turned eastward to Beth-dagon, passed Zebulun and the Valley of Iphtah-el, north toward Beth-emek and Neiel, and went north to Cabul,(A)
1 Samuel 5:2-5
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2 brought it into the temple of Dagon[a](A) and placed it next to his statue.[b] 3 When the people of Ashdod got up early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen with his face to the ground before the ark of the Lord.(B) So they took Dagon and returned him to his place. 4 But when they got up early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen with his face to the ground before the ark of the Lord. This time, both Dagon’s head and the palms of his hands were broken off and lying on the threshold. Only Dagon’s torso remained.[c] 5 That is why, to this day, the priests of Dagon and everyone who enters the temple of Dagon in Ashdod do not step on Dagon’s threshold.
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- 1 Samuel 5:2 A Philistine god of the sea, grain, or storm
- 1 Samuel 5:2 Lit to Dagon
- 1 Samuel 5:4 LXX; Hb reads Only Dagon remained on it
1 Samuel 5:7
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7 When the men of Ashdod saw what was happening, they said, “The ark of Israel’s God must not stay here with us, because His hand is strongly against us and our god Dagon.”
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1 Chronicles 10:10
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10 Then they put his armor in the temple of their gods and hung his skull in the temple of Dagon.(A)
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