Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Samuel 5:2

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2. the house of Dagon —Stately temples were erected in honor of this idol, which was the principal deity of the Philistines, but whose worship extended over all Syria, as well as Mesopotamia and Chaldea; its name being found among the Assyrian gods on the cuneiform inscriptions [RAWLINSON]. It was represented under a monstrous combination of a human head, breast, and arms, joined to the belly and tail of a fish. The captured ark was placed in the temple of Dagon, right before this image of the idol. :- . DAGON FALLS DOWN. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-3" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

• part_of pericope/per-1sa-5-001

절 (explains)

bible-text/1sa-5-2

Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
• evidence_grade: T_theological