Judges 16:23

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said, Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.

Dagon

To rejoice

Job 30:9

Psalm 35:15

Proverbs 24:17

Bible References

Dagon

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

Has a nation changed their gods who are yet no gods? But My people have changed their Glory for that which does not profit.

For all peoples will walk, each one in the name of his god; and we will walk in the name of Jehovah our God forever and ever.

and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man, and birds, and four-footed animals, and creeping things.

Then concerning the eating of the things sacrificed to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no other God except one.

But I say that the things which the nations sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons and not to God. And I do not desire that you should have fellowship with demons.

To rejoice

And now I am their song; yea, I am their byword.

But in my stumbling they rejoiced, and gathered themselves; the defamers gathered themselves against me, and I knew not; they tore and were not silent,

Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles;