Bible Cross References
their gods
1 Samuel 31:10
Then they put his weapons in the temple of the goddess Astarte, and they nailed his body to the wall of the city of Beth Shan.
Ashtaroth
1 Samuel 5:2-7
2
took it into the temple of their god Dagon, and set it up beside his statue.
3
Early the next morning the people of Ashdod saw that the statue of Dagon had fallen face downward on the ground in front of the LORD's Covenant Box. So they lifted it up and put it back in its place.
4
Early the following morning they saw that the statue had again fallen down in front of the Covenant Box. This time its head and both its arms were broken off and were lying in the doorway; only the body was left.
5
(That is why even today the priests of Dagon and all his worshipers in Ashdod step over that place and do not walk on it.)
6
The LORD punished the people of Ashdod severely and terrified them. He punished them and the people in the surrounding territory by causing them to have tumors.
7
When they saw what was happening, they said, "The God of Israel is punishing us and our god Dagon. We can't let the Covenant Box stay here any longer."