1 Samuel 5:3-5
3And when the people of Ashdod rose early the next day, behold, aDagon 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, band 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 cdo not tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod to this day.1 Kings 18:26-29
26And they took the bull that was given them, and they prepared it and called upon the name of Baal from morning until noon, saying, “O Baal, answer us!” But there was no voice, and no one answered. And they limped around the altar that they had made. 27And at noon Elijah mocked them, saying, “Cry aloud, for he is a god. Either he is musing, or he is relieving himself, or he is on a journey, or perhaps he is asleep and must be awakened.” 28And they cried aloud and dcut themselves after their custom with swords and lances, until the blood gushed out upon them. 29And as midday passed, they raved on until the time of ethe offering of the oblation, but there was no voice. No one answered; no one paid attention.Isaiah 41:5-7
5 fThe coastlands have seen and are afraid;the ends of the earth tremble;
they have drawn near and come.
6Everyone helps his neighbor
and says to his brother, “Be strong!”
7 gThe craftsman strengthens the goldsmith,
and he who smooths with the hammer him who strikes the anvil,
saying of the soldering, “It is good”;
and they strengthen it with nails hso that it cannot be moved.
Jeremiah 50:38
38 iA drought against her waters,that they may be dried up!
jFor it is a land of images,
and they are mad over idols.
Acts 19:34-35
34But when they recognized that he was a Jew, for about two hours they all cried out with one voice, k“Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”35And when the town clerk had quieted the crowd, he said, “Men of Ephesus, who is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is temple keeper of the great Artemis, and of the sacred stone that fell from lthe sky? ▼
▼The meaning of the Greek is uncertain
Revelation of John 13:4
4And they worshiped the dragon, for he had given his authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, n“Who is like the beast, and who can fight against it?”
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