1 Samuel 4:7-9
7the Philistines were afraid, for they said, “A god has come into the camp.” And they said, “Woe to us! For nothing like this has happened before. 8Woe to us! Who can deliver us from the power of these mighty gods? These are the gods who struck the Egyptians with every sort of plague in the wilderness. 9 aTake courage, and be men, O Philistines, lest you become slaves to the Hebrews bas they have been to you; be men and fight.”1 Samuel 5:3-5
3And when the people of Ashdod rose early the next day, behold, cDagon had fallen face downward on the ground before the ark of the Lord. So they took Dagon and put him back in 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, dand the head of Dagon and both his hands were lying cut off on the threshold. Only the trunk of Dagon was left to him. 5This is why the priests of Dagon and all who enter the house of Dagon edo not tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod to this day.Isaiah 40:19
19 fAn idol! A craftsman casts it,and a goldsmith overlays it with gold
and casts for it silver chains.
Isaiah 44:12
12 gThe ironsmith takes a cutting tool and works it over the coals. He fashions it with hammers and works it with his strong arm. He becomes hungry, and his strength fails; he drinks no water and is faint.Daniel 3:1-7
Nebuchadnezzar’s Golden Image
1King Nebuchadnezzar made an image of gold, whose height was sixty cubits ▼▼A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters
and its breadth six cubits. He set it up on ithe plain of Dura, in jthe province of Babylon. 2Then King Nebuchadnezzar sent to gather kthe satraps, the prefects, and lthe governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the justices, the magistrates, and all the officials of the provinces to come to the dedication of the image that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up. 3Then mthe satraps, the prefects, and the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the justices, the magistrates, and all the officials of the provinces gathered for the dedication of the image that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up. And they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up. 4And the herald nproclaimed aloud, “You are commanded, O opeoples, nations, and languages, 5that when you hear the psound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, bagpipe, and every kind of music, you qare to fall down and worship the golden image that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up. 6And whoever does not fall down and worship shall immediately rbe cast into a burning fiery furnace.” 7Therefore, as soon as all the peoples heard the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, bagpipe, and every kind of music, all sthe peoples, nations, and languages fell down and worshiped the golden image that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up. Acts 19:24-28
24For a man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of Artemis, tbrought no little business to the craftsmen. 25 uThese he gathered together, with the workmen in similar trades, and said, “Men, you know that from this business we have our wealth. 26And you see and hear that not only in Ephesus but in almost all of Asia this Paul has persuaded and turned away a great many people, vsaying that wgods made with hands are not gods. 27And there is danger not only that this trade of ours may come into disrepute but also that the temple of the xgreat goddess Artemis may be counted as nothing, and that she may even be deposed from her magnificence, she whom all Asia and the world worship.”28When they heard this they were enraged and were crying out, y“Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
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