Judges 16:23

And the leaders of the Philistines convened as one, so that they might offer great sacrifices to Dagon, their god. And they feasted, saying, “Our god has delivered our enemy, Samson, into our hands.”

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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

22And now his hair began to grow back.

24Then, too, the people, seeing this, praised their god, and they said the same, “Our god has delivered our adversary into our hands: the one who destroyed our land and who killed very many.”

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Cross References

1 Samuel 5:2And the Philistines took the ark of God, and carried it into the temple of Dagon. And they stationed it beside Dagon.

Job 30:9Now I become their song, and I have been made into their proverb.

Proverbs 24:17When your enemy will fall, do not be glad, and do not let your heart exult in his ruin,

Micah 4:5For all people will walk, each one in the name of his god. But we will walk in the name of the Lord our God, forever and ever.

1 Corinthians 8:4But as to the foods that are immolated to idols, we know that an idol in the world is nothing, and that no one is 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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