1 Samuel 5:3

Easy To Read Version

The next morning, the people of Ashdod got up and found Dagon lying face down on the ground. Dagon had fallen down before the Lord’s Box.

Cross References

1 Kings 18:26

So the prophets took the bull that was given to them. They prepared it. They prayed to Baal [203] until noon. They prayed, “Baal, please answer us!” But there was no sound. No one answered. The prophets danced around the altar that they had built. {But the fire never started.}

Psalm 115:7

They have hands, but can’t feel.\par They have legs, but can’t walk.\par And no sounds come from their throats.\par

Psalm 97:7

People worship their idols.\par They brag about their “gods.”\par But those people will be embarrassed.\par Their “gods” will bow down\par and worship the Lord.\par

Exodus 12:12

“Tonight I will go through Egypt and kill every firstborn [65] man and animal in Egypt. In this way, I will judge all the gods of Egypt. I {will show that I} am the Lord.

Isaiah 19:1

The sad message about Egypt: Look! The Lord is coming on a fast cloud. The Lord will enter Egypt, and all the false gods of Egypt will shake \{with fear. Egypt was brave\}, but that courage will melt away like hot wax.

Isaiah 40:20

And for the base,\par he chooses a special kind of wood,\par a kind of wood that will not rot.\par Then he finds a good wood worker.\par And the worker makes a “god”\par that won’t fall over.\par

Isaiah 41:7

One worker cuts \{wood to make a statue\}. That person encourages the man that works with gold. Another worker uses a hammer and makes the metal smooth. Then that worker encourages the man at the anvil. {\cf2\super [376]} This last worker says, ‘This work is good; the metal will not come off.’ Then he nails the statue to a base so it won’t fall over. And it never moves!”

Isaiah 46:7

Those people put their false god on their shoulders and carry it. That false god is useless—people have to carry it! People set the statue on the ground; and that false god can’t move. That false god never walks away from its place. People can yell at it, but it will not answer. That false god is only a statue—it can’t save people from their troubles.

Jeremiah 10:8

All the people of the other nations are stupid and foolish.\par Their teachings come from worthless wooden statues.\par

Zephaniah 2:11

Those people will be afraid of the Lord! Why? Because the Lord will destroy their gods. Then all the people in all the faraway lands will worship the Lord.

Mark 3:11

Some people had evil spirits \{from the devil\} inside them. When the evil spirits saw Jesus, they bowed before him and shouted, “You are the Son of God!”

1 Samuel 6:1

The Philistines kept the Holy Box [70] in their land seven months.

1 Samuel 6:5

So, make models of the tumors and models of the mice that are ruining the country. Give these gold models to the God of Israel as payment. Then maybe the God of Israel will stop punishing you, your gods, and your land.