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1 Samuel 5:2

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

brought it into the temple of Dagon  , and placed it next to his statue.

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Now the Philistine leaders gathered together to offer a great sacrifice to their god Dagon.  They rejoiced and said: Our god has handed over our enemy Samson to us.


Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of the heavens. The vessels from his house were brought to you, and as you and your nobles, wives, and concubines drank wine from them,  you praised the gods made of silver and gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see or hear or understand.  But you have not glorified the God who holds your life-breath in his hand and who controls the whole course of your life.  ,


Under the influence of  the wine, Belshazzar gave orders to bring in the gold and silver vessels  that his predecessor  Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the temple in Jerusalem, so that the king and his nobles, wives, and concubines could drink from them.


Then they put his armour in the temple of their gods and hung his skull in the temple of Dagon.


That is why they sacrifice to their dragnet and burn incense to their fishing net, for by these things their portion is rich and their food plentiful.


Then they sweep  by like the wind and pass through. They are guilty;  their strength is their god.


The next day when the Philistines came to strip the slain, they found Saul and his sons dead on Mount Gilboa.





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