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Beth-Dagon (Dagon's House)

beth da'-gon (house of dagon)
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Easton's Bible Dictionary

( 1 Samuel 5:2 ), or Beth-dagon, as elsewhere rendered ( Joshua 15:41 ; 19:27 ), was the sanctuary or temple of Dagon.

(1) The Beth-dagon of Joshua 15:41 was one of the cities of the tribe of Judah, in the lowland or plain which stretches westward. It has not been identified.

(2) The Beth-dagon of Joshua 19:27 was one of the border cities of Asher.

(3) That of 1 Chronicles 10:10 was in the western half-tribe of Manasseh, where the Philistines, after their victory at Gilboa, placed Saul's head in the temple of their god. (Compare 1 Samuel 31:8 - 13 ).

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Hitchcock's Dictionary of Bible Names

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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