Judges 16:21-23
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
21 But the Philistines seized him and gouged out his eyes. Then they brought him down to Gaza and bound him with bronze fetters, and he was put to grinding grain in the prison. 22 But the hair of his head began to grow as soon as it was shaved.
The Death of Samson. 23 (A)The lords of the Philistines assembled to offer a great sacrifice to their god Dagon[a] and to celebrate. They said, “Our god has delivered Samson our enemy into our power.”
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- 16:23 Dagon: an ancient Syrian grain deity (cf. Hebrew dagan, “grain”) whom the Philistines adopted as their national god after their arrival on the coast of Canaan.
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