1 Samuel 5:3

Good News Translation

Early the next morning the people of Ashdod saw that the statue of Dagon had fallen face downward on the ground in front of the Lord's Covenant Box. So they lifted it up and put it back in its place.

Cross References

1 Kings 18:26

They took the bull that was brought to them, prepared it, and prayed to Baal until noon. They shouted, “Answer us, Baal!” and kept dancing around the altar they had built. But no answer came.

Psalm 115:7

They have hands, but cannot feel, and feet, but cannot walk; they cannot make a sound.

Psalm 97:7

Everyone who worships idols is put to shame; all the gods bow down before the Lord.

Exodus 12:12

“On that night I will go through the land of Egypt, killing every first-born male, both human and animal, and punishing all the gods of Egypt. I am the Lord.

Isaiah 19:1

This is a message about Egypt. The Lord is coming to Egypt, riding swiftly on a cloud. The Egyptian idols tremble before him, and the people of Egypt lose their courage.

Isaiah 40:20

Anyone who cannot afford silver or gold chooses wood that will not rot. He finds a skillful worker to make an image that won't fall down.

Isaiah 41:7

The carpenter says to the goldsmith, ‘Well done!’ The one who beats the idol smooth encourages the one who nails it together. They say, ‘The soldering is good’— and they fasten the idol in place with nails.

Isaiah 46:7

They lift it to their shoulders and carry it; they put it in place, and there it stands, unable to move from where it is. If any pray to it, it cannot answer or save them from disaster.

Jeremiah 10:8

All of them are stupid and foolish. What can they learn from wooden idols?

Zephaniah 2:11

The Lord will terrify them. He will reduce the gods of the earth to nothing, and then every nation will worship him, each in its own land.

Mark 3:11

And whenever the people who had evil spirits in them saw him, they would fall down before him and scream, “You are the Son of God!”

1 Samuel 6:1

After the Lord's Covenant Box had been in Philistia for seven months,

1 Samuel 6:5

You must make these models of the tumors and of the mice that are ravaging your country, and you must give honor to the God of Israel. Perhaps he will stop punishing you, your gods, and your land.