Judges 16:23

The Philistine leaders gathered for a great religious festival to sacrifice to their god Dagon and to celebrate, saying, “Our god has handed Samson our enemy over to us!”

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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

22But his hair began to grow back after it had been shaved off.

24When the people saw him, they praised their god, and said, “Our god has handed our enemy over to us, the one who devastated our land and killed so many of us.”

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Cross References

1 Samuel 5:2They brought the Ark of God into the Temple of Dagon and placed it next to Dagon.

Job 30:9Yet now they mock me in their songs; I have become a joke to them!

Proverbs 24:17Don't celebrate when your enemies fall; don't be glad when they trip up,

Micah 4:5Even though all the other nations follow their gods, we will follow the Lord our God forever and ever.

1 Corinthians 8:4So regarding eating food sacrificed to idols: we know that there are no such things as idols in the world, and that there is only one real God.

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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