as the Ark is captured by the Philistines and taken by them to the temple of the god Dagon in Ashdod," wrote Susan Ackerman in "Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible" (Eerdmans, 2000) edited by David ...

They worshiped the god Dagon who was a patron of farmers and the harvest. One iconic account of the Philistines that involves Israel is the story of when the Philistines captured the ark of the ...