 | George Henry Taylor (master of the Model sch, Battersea.) - 1851
...On the following day when they went into the temple, they found their idol prostrate on the floor, " before the ark of the Lord ; and the head of Dagon...threshold ; only the stump of Dagon was left to him." (1 Sam. iv. 4.) 3. ASKALON. Another of the five cities of the Philistines was the city of Askalon.... | |
 | Thomas Shuttleworth Grimshawe - Clergy - 1851 - 362 pages
...of sending him forth on this errand of love, anxiously waits to hear the happy news, that Dagon is fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the Lord ; that Bel boweth down, and Nebo stoopeth, while the great trumpet is blown ; and that they which were... | |
 | Austen Henry Layard - Assyria - 1851
...figure on the Assyrian sculptures and cylinders. When it fell before the ark, " the head and both (he palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold ; only the fish part of Dagon was left to him." (1 Samuel, v. 4. Hee the marginal reading, which is to be preferred... | |
 | Philip Henry Gosse - Assyria - 1852 - 642 pages
...the earth before the ark of the LORD. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again. And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon...hands were cut off upon the threshold ; only the stump (or, the fishy part, mart/.) of Dagon was left to him. Therefore neither the priests of Dngon, nor... | |
 | Philip Henry Gosse - Assyria - 1852 - 642 pages
...the earth before the ark of the LORD. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again. And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon...hands were cut off upon the threshold ; only the stump (or, the fishy part, marg.) of Dagon was left to him. Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any... | |
 | Margaret B. Peeke - 1965 - 355 pages
...good Book, and you will find in Samuel an exact description of the party just defeated : " And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon...hands were cut off upon the threshold; only the stump (or the fishy part) of Dagon was left to him." " ' Of course you are once more among civilized people,... | |
 | Roland Mushat Frye - Religion - 1977 - 640 pages
...the earth before the ark of the Lord. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again. 4 And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon...threshold; only the stump of Dagon was left to him. 5 Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon's house, tread on the threshold... | |
 | David F. Payne - Religion - 1982 - 277 pages
...his place. 4But when they rose early on the next morning, behold, Dagon had fallen face downward on the ground before the ark of the Lord, and the head of Dagon and both his hands were lying cut off upon the threshold; only the trunk of Dagon was left to him. 'This is... | |
 | Zondervan, Zondervan Publishing House - Bibles - 1984 - 928 pages
...the earth before the ark of the LORD. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again. 4 And when See, thou sayest unto me. Bring up this people: and...know whom thou wilt send with me. Yet thou hast said. 5 Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon's house, tread on the threshold... | |
 | Herman Melville - Fiction - 2003 - 654 pages
...dragon of the sea," saith Ezekiel: Ezekiel 32:2. 396:32-33 only the stump or fishy part of him remained: "Behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground...the ark of the Lord; and the head of Dagon and both palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold; only the stump of Dagon was left to him" (I Sam.... | |
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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... 
