1 Samuel 5:2

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“carried it into the temple of Dagon, and set it beside his statue.”

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BSBPD

“carried it into the temple of Dagon, and set it beside his statue.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and the Philistines take the ark of God and bring it into the house of Dagon, and set it near Dagon.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 1 Samuel 5:2 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Judges 16:23Now the lords of the Philistines gathered together to offer a great sacrifice to their god Dagon. They rejoiced and said, “Our god has delivered Samson our enemy into our hands.”
  2. 1 Chronicles 10:10They put his armor in the temple of their gods and hung his head in the temple of Dagon.
  3. Daniel 5:2Under the influence of the wine, Belshazzar gave orders to bring in the gold and silver vessels that Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken from the temple in Jerusalem, so that the king could drink from them, along with his nobles, his wives, and his concubines.
  4. Daniel 5:23Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. The vessels from His house were brought to you, and as you drank wine from them with your nobles, wives, and concubines, you praised your gods of silver and gold, bronze and iron, wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or understand. But you have failed to glorify the God who holds in His hand your very breath and all your ways.
  5. Habakkuk 1:11Then they sweep by like the wind and pass on through. They are guilty; their own strength is their god.”
  6. Habakkuk 1:16Therefore he sacrifices to his dragnet and burns incense to his fishing net, for by these things his portion is sumptuous and his food is rich.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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