Dagon’s house

(1 Samuel 5:2), or Beth-dagon, as elsewhere rendered (Josh.15:41; 19:27), was the sanctuary or temple of Dagon

The Beth-dagon of Joshua 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 Joshua 19:27 was one of the border cities of Asher.

That of 1 Chronicles 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. (Compare 1 Samuel 31:8-13).