And they put his armor in the house of their gods, and fastened his skull in the temple of Dagon.
1 Samuel 5:2 - Modern King James Version And the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it beside Dagon. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. Amplified 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. |
And they put his armor in the house of their gods, and fastened his skull in the temple of Dagon.
And it happened on the next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, and they found Saul and his sons fallen in Mount Gilboa.
When tasting the wine, Belshazzar commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple in Jerusalem, that the king and his rulers, his wives and his concubines, might drink from them.
But you have lifted up yourself against the Lord of Heaven. And they have brought the vessels of His house before you; and you, and your lords, your wives, and your concubines, have drunk wine from them. And you have praised the gods of silver, and gold, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see, nor hear, nor know. And you have not glorified the God in whose hand is your breath and all your ways.
Then he sweeps on like a wind, and he transgresses and is guilty, crediting his power to his god.
So he sacrifices to his net and burns incense to his seine; because by them his portion is fat and his food rich.
Then the lords of the Philistines gathered in order to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice. For they said, Our god has delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.