Judges 16:23 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

²³ And the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said, Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²³ Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said, Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ Then the Philistine lords gathered together to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god and to rejoice, for they said, Our god has given Samson our enemy into our hands.

American Standard Version (1901)

²³ And the lords of the Philistines gathered them together to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice; for they said, Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.

Common English Bible

²³ The rulers of the Philistines gathered together to make a great sacrifice to their god Dagon and to hold a celebration. They cheered, “Our god has handed us Samson our enemy!”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ And the leaders of the Philistines convened as one, so that they might offer great sacrifices to Dagon, their god. And they feasted, saying, "Our god has delivered our enemy, Samson, into our hands."

Judges 16:23 Cross References

1 Chronicles 10:10

And they put his armour in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the house of Dagon.

Proverbs 24:17

Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, And let not thine heart be glad when he is overthrown:

Jeremiah 2:11

Hath a nation changed their gods, which yet are no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.

Micah 4:5

For all the peoples will walk every one in the name of his god, and we will walk in the name of the LORD our God for ever and ever.

1 Corinthians 10:20

But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have communion with devils.

Judges 16:22

Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven.

1 Samuel 31:9

And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to carry the tidings unto the house of their idols, and to the people.