1 Samuel 5:3

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Summary

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.

Dagon was

Set him

Bible References

Dagon was

For I will go through the land of Egypt on that night, and will strike down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments—I am the Lord.

Let all those be ashamed who serve graven images,
Who boast themselves of idols;

Worship Him, all you gods.

The

oracle concerning Egypt.

Behold, the Lord is riding on a swift cloud and is about to come to Egypt;
The idols of Egypt will tremble at His presence,
And the heart of the Egyptians will melt within them.

Bel has bowed down, Nebo stoops over;

Their images are consigned to the beasts and the cattle.
The things that you carry are burdensome,
A load for the weary beast.

The Lord will be terrifying to them, for He will starve all the gods of the earth; and all the coastlands of the nations will bow down to Him, everyone from his own place.

Whenever the unclean spirits saw Him, they would fall down before Him and shout, “You are the Son of God!”

And He said to them, “I was watching Satan fall from heaven like lightning.

Do not be bound together with unbelievers; for what partnership have righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship has light with darkness?

Set him

The

oracle concerning Egypt.

Behold, the Lord is riding on a swift cloud and is about to come to Egypt;
The idols of Egypt will tremble at His presence,
And the heart of the Egyptians will melt within them.

He who is too impoverished for such an offering
Selects a tree that does not rot;
He seeks out for himself a skillful craftsman
To prepare an idol that will not totter.

So the craftsman encourages the smelter,
And he who smooths metal with the hammer encourages him who beats the anvil,
Saying of the soldering, “It is good”;
And he fastens it with nails,

So that it will not totter.

But the rest of it he makes into a god, his graven image. He falls down before it and worships; he also prays to it and says, “Deliver me, for you are my god.”

Bel has bowed down, Nebo stoops over;

Their images are consigned to the beasts and the cattle.
The things that you carry are burdensome,
A load for the weary beast.

But they are altogether stupid and foolish
In their discipline of delusion—their idol is wood!