Judges 16:23
The lords of the Philistines gathered together to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice; for they said, “Our god has delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.”
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Cross references
- Proverbs 24:17 Don’t rejoice when your enemy falls. Don’t let your heart be glad when he is overthrown,
- 1 Samuel 5:2–4 The Philistines took God’s ark, and brought it into the house of Dagon and set it by Dagon. When the people of Ashdod arose early on the next day, behold, Dagon had fallen on his face to the ground before Yahweh’s ark. They took Dagon and set him in his place again. When they arose early on the following morning, behold, Dagon had fallen on his face to the ground before Yahweh’s ark; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off on the threshold. Only Dagon’s torso was intact.
- 1 Chronicles 10:10 They put his armor in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the house of Dagon.