Judges 16:23

And the princes of the Philistines assembled together, to offer great sacrifices to Dagon their god, and to make merry, saying: Our god hath delivered our enemy Samson into our hands.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 again.

24And the people also seeing this, praised their god, and said the same: Our god hath delivered our adversary into our bands, him that destroyed our country and killed very many.

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Cross References

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

Job 30:9Now I am turned into their song, and am become their byword.

Proverbs 24:17When thy enemy shall fall, be not glad, and in his ruin let not thy heart rejoice:

Micah 4:5For all people will walk every one in the name of his god: but we will walk in the name of the Lord our God for ever and ever.

1 Corinthians 8:4But as for the meats that are sacrificed to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no God but 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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