Dagon

Deity worshiped throughout the Mesopotamian world. In the OT, Dagon is the principal god of the Philistines (Jgs 16:23; 1 Sm 5:2–7; 1 Chr 10:10). Shrines to Dagon were found in Israel’s territories (Beth-dagon, Jos 15:41; 19:27). See Canaanite Deities and Religion.