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From the Blue Letter Bible
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1Sa 5:4 — And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon [was] fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands [were] cut off upon the threshold; only [ the stump of] Dagon was left to him.
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the head
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Isa 2:18,19; Isa 27:9; Jer 10:11; Jer 50:2; Eze 6:4-6; Dan 11:8; Mic 1:7 |
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of Dagon
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"The name of this idol, Dagon, signifies a fish: and it is supposed to be the Atergatis of the Syrians, corruptly called Derceto by the Greeks, which had the upper part like a woman, and the lower part like a fish; as Lucian informs us: [Derketous de eidos en Phoinike etheésamén, theéma xenon; émisen men gyné; to de okoson ek mérón es akrous podas, ichtlyos ouré apoteinetai;] ""In Phoenicia I saw the image of Derceto; a strange sight truly! For she had the half of a woman, but from the thighs downward a fish's tail."" Diodorus, (1. ii.) describing the same idol, as represented at Askelon, says, [to men prosópon echei synaikos, to d'allo sóma pan ichthyos.] ""It had the head of a woman, but all the rest of the body a fish's."" Probably Horace alludes to this idol, in De Art. Poet. v. 4; Desinat in piscem, mulier formosa superne: ""The upper part a handsome woman, and the lower part a fish."" If such was the form of this idol, then everything that was human was broken off from what resembled a fish." |
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the stump
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or, the fishy part. |
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Isa 2:18 |
And the idols he shall utterly abolish. |
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Isa 2:19 |
And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth. |
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Isa 27:9 |
By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this [is] all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up. |
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Jer 10:11 |
Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, [even] they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens. |
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Jer 50:2 |
Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, [and] conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces. |
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Eze 6:4 |
And your altars shall be desolate, and your images shall be broken: and I will cast down your slain [men] before your idols. |
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Eze 6:5 |
And I will lay the dead carcases of the children of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars. |
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Eze 6:6 |
In all your dwellingplaces the cities shall be laid waste, and the high places shall be desolate; that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your images may be cut down, and your works may be abolished. |
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Dan 11:8 |
And shall also carry captives into Egypt their gods, with their princes, [and] with their precious vessels of silver and of gold; and he shall continue [more] years than the king of the north. |
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Mic 1:7 |
And all the graven images thereof shall be beaten to pieces, and all the hires thereof shall be burned with the fire, and all the idols thereof will I lay desolate: for she gathered [it] of the hire of an harlot, and they shall return to the hire of an harlot. |
Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)
Scott, Thomas. "1 Samuel 5:4," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/1Sa/5/4.html>.
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