Judges 16:23

And the lords of the Philistines gathered together 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.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

22However the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven.

24And when the people saw him, they praised their god, for they said, Our god has delivered into our hand our enemy, and the destroyer of our country who has slain many of us.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 5:2And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.

Job 30:9And now I have become their song, Yea, I am a byword to them.

Proverbs 24:17Rejoice not when thine enemy falls, and let not thy heart be glad when he is overthrown,

Micah 4:5For all the peoples walk each one in the name of his god. And we will walk in the name of LORD our God forever and ever.

1 Corinthians 8:4Therefore about eating the things sacrificed to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no other God except one.

Matthew Henry on Judges 16:23-31

The Death of Samson; Samson's Triumph in Death. ( b. c. 1120.) 22 Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven. 23 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. 24 And when the people saw him, they praised their god: for they said, Our god hath delivered into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, which slew many of us. 25 And… Read the whole commentary →

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