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Beth-dagon
House of Dagon. (1.) A city in the low country or plain of Judah, near Philistia (Josh 15:41); the modern Beit Degan, about 5 miles from Lydda.
(2.) A city near the south-east border of Asher (Josh 19:27). It was a Philistine colony. It is identical with the modern ruined village of Tell D’auk.
Named in the Bible
2 verses
- Joshua 15:41 And Gederoth, Bethdagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages:
- Joshua 19:27 And turneth toward the sunrising to Bethdagon, and reacheth to Zebulun, and to the valley of Jiphthahel toward the north side of Bethemek, and Neiel, and goeth out to Cabul on the left hand,
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
