Judges 16:23

Then the Princes of the Philistims gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice vnto Dagon their god, and to reioyce: for they said, Our god hath deliuered Samson our enemie into our handes.

Geneva Bible 1599

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 the heare of his head began to growe againe after that it was shauen.

24Also when the people saw him, they praysed their god: for they sayde, Our god hath deliuered into our hands our enemie and destroyer of our countrey, which hath slayne many of vs.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 5:2Euen the Philistims tooke ye Arke of God, and brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.

Job 30:9And now am I their song, and I am their talke.

Proverbs 24:17Bee thou not glad when thine enemie falleth, and let not thine heart reioyce when hee stumbleth,

Micah 4:5For all people will walke euery one in the name of his God, and we will walke in the Name of the Lord our God, for euer and euer.

1 Corinthians 8:4Concerning therefore the eating of things sacrificed vnto idoles, we knowe that an idole is nothing in the worlde, and that there is none other 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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