Dagon: The "Philistine Fish-God" That Everyone Gets Wrong

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If you try to Google Dagon, chances are you'll see some sort of "fish" god. And if you look him up in the Bible, you'll learn that he was a Philistine god. But, these two claims are actually wrong. He wasn't a Philistine god, nor was he a fish god.

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00:00 Dagon, the Philistine fish god?
1:19 Philistine Religion Explained
5:31 Dagon Explained
7:40 Did the Philistines really worship Dagon?
9:28 Was Dagon a fish god?
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