1 Samuel 5:4
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 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.
Note the stump…: or, the fishy part
When they arose early on the following morning, behold, Dagon had fallen on his face to the ground before the Lord’s ark; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off on the threshold. Only Dagon’s torso was intact.
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.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- the head
- Isaiah 2:18, 19; Isaiah 27:9; Jeremiah 10:11; Jeremiah 50:2; Ezekiel 6:4–6; Daniel 11:8; Micah 1:7