And they put his armour in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the temple of Dagon.
1 Samuel 5:2 - King James Version (Oxford) 1769 When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon. Tuilleadh leaganachaAmplified Bible - Classic Edition They took the ark of God into the house of Dagon and set it beside Dagon [their idol]. American Standard Version (1901) And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon. Common English Bible Then the Philistines took God’s chest and brought it into Dagon’s temple and set it next to Dagon. Catholic Public Domain Version And the Philistines took the ark of God, and carried it into the temple of Dagon. And they stationed it beside Dagon. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it into the temple of Dagon, and set it by Dagon. English Standard Version 2016 Then the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it into the house of Dagon and set it up beside Dagon. |
And they put his armour in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the temple of Dagon.
And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen in mount Gilboa.
Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein.
but hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:
Then shall his mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend, imputing this his power unto his god.
Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous.
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.