dagons house

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dagons house - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  Dagon's house
  (1 Sam. 5:2), or Beth-dagon, as elsewhere rendered (Josh.15: 41;
  19:27), was the sanctuary or temple of Dagon.
  
    The Beth-dagon of Josh. 15:41 was one of the cities of the
  tribe of Judah, in the lowland or plain which stretches
  westward. It has not been identified.
  
    The Beth-dagon of Josh. 19:27 was one of the border cities of
  Asher.
  
    That of 1 Chr. 10:10 was in the western half-tribe of
  Manasseh, where the Philistines, after their victory at Gilboa,
  placed Saul's head in the temple of their god. (Comp. 1 Sam.
  31:8-13).