Dagon

Dagon was the most important god of the Philistines. He had a temple in Gaza and Ashdod (see Judges 16:23). The temple in Ashdod is understood to have existed until the second century BC (see 1 Maccabees 10:83-84).

Dagon or Dagan

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Judges 16.23 1 Samuel 5.7

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