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Dagon is a Philistine 'fish god' mentioned in the Scripture and can be easily googled:


1 Samuel 5:2-5

New King James Version (NKJV)

2When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon[a]and set it by Dagon.

3And when the people of Ashdod arose early in the morning, there was Dagon, fallen on its face to the earth before the ark of theLord

. So they took Dagon and set it in its place again.

4And when they arose early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen on its face to the ground before the ark of theLord

. The head of Dagon and both the palms of its handswerebroken off on the threshold; only Dagon’storso[b]was left of it.

5Therefore neither the priests of Dagon nor any who come into Dagon’s house tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod to this day.

Footnotes:
  1. 1 Samuel 5:2A Philistine idol
  2. 1 Samuel 5:4Following Septuagint, Syriac, Targum, and Vulgate; Masoretic Text readsDagon.
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In The Bible, Dagon is the main god of the Philistines. Dagon is mentioned three times in the Bible. In mythology, he was the father of Baal.

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Dagon was a fertility god of the Philistines.

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