1 Samuel 5:3
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3 When the people of Ashdod rose early the next day, there was Dagon, fallen on his face to the ground before the ark of the Lord. So they took Dagon and put him back in his place.(A)
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1 Samuel 5:4
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4 But when they rose early on the next morning, Dagon had fallen on his face to 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[a] Dagon was left to him.(A)
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- 5.4 Gk Syr Tg Vg: Heb lacks the trunk of
Letter of Jeremiah 26
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26 because, if any of these gods falls[a] to the ground, they themselves must pick it up. If anyone sets it upright, it cannot move itself, and if it is tipped over, it cannot straighten itself. Gifts are placed before them just as before the dead.(A)
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- 26 Gk if they fall
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