1 Samuel 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.

And when they arose early {H7925} on the morrow {H4283} morning {H1242}, behold, Dagon {H1712} was fallen {H5307} upon his face {H6440} to the ground {H776} before {H6440} the ark {H727} of the LORD {H3068}; and the head {H7218} of Dagon {H1712} and both {H8147} the palms {H3709} of his hands {H3027} were cut off {H3772} upon the threshold {H4670}; only the stump of Dagon {H1712} was left {H7604} to him.

but early the following morning, when they got up, Dagon was again fallen down with his face to the ground before the ark of ADONAI; this time, the head of Dagon and both hands lay there, severed, on the threshold; all that was left of Dagon was his torso.

But when they got up early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen on his face before the ark of the LORD, with his head and his hands broken off and lying on the threshold. Only the torso remained.

And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of Jehovah; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands lay cut off upon the threshold; only the stump of Dagon was left to him.

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Cross-References

  • Micah 1:7 (6 votes)

    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.

  • Isaiah 2:18 (3 votes)

    And the idols he shall utterly abolish.

  • Isaiah 2:19 (3 votes)

    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.

  • Jeremiah 10:11 (3 votes)

    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.

  • Jeremiah 50:2 (3 votes)

    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.

  • Ezekiel 6:4 (2 votes)

    And your altars shall be desolate, and your images shall be broken: and I will cast down your slain [men] before your idols.

  • Ezekiel 6:6 (2 votes)

    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.