1 Samuel 5:3
When they of Ashdod arose early on the next day, behold, Dagon was fallen on his face to the ground before the ark of the Lord. They took Dagon, and set him in his place again.
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
2The Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.
Cross References
1 Samuel 6:1The ark of the Lord was in the country of the Philistines seven months.
Psalms 97:7Let all them be shamed who serve engraved images,who boast in their idols.Worship him, all you gods!
Isaiah 19:1The burden of Egypt: "Behold, the Lord rides on a swift cloud, and comes to Egypt. The idols of Egypt will tremble at his presence; and the heart of Egypt will melt in its midst.
Isaiah 41:7So the carpenter encourages the goldsmith.He who smoothes with the hammer encourages him who strikes the anvil,saying of the soldering, "It is good;"and he fastens it with nails, that it might not totter.
Isaiah 46:1Bel bows down, Nebo stoops; their idols are on the animals, and on the livestock: the things that you carried about are made a load, a burden to the weary.
Jeremiah 10:8But they are together brutish and foolish: the instruction of idols! it is but a stock.
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 5:2-6
The Fall of Dagon. ( b. c. 1120.) 1 And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Ebenezer unto Ashdod. 2 When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon. 3 And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the Lord . And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again. 4 And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground… Read the whole commentary →