Instances of: Israelites, supposing that their defeat in battle with the Philistines was due to their not having brought with them the ark of the covenant, 1 Sam. 4:3, with vs. 10,11. Philistines, refusing to tread the threshold of the temple of Dagon after the image of Dagon had repeatedly fallen, 1 Sam. 5:5. The belief of the Syrians concerning the help of the gods, 1 Kin. 20:23. Jews, attributing their calamities to having ceased offering sacrifices to the queen of heaven, Jer. 44:17-19. Nebuchadnezzar, supposing that the spirit of the gods was upon Daniel, Dan. 4:8,9. The sailors who cast Jonah into the sea, Jonah 1:4-16. The disciples, supposing they saw a spirit when Jesus came walking upon the sea, Matt. 14:26; Mark 6:49,50. Herod, imagining that John the Baptist had risen from the dead, Mark 6:14,16. The Gadarenes, on account of Jesus casting devils out of the man from there, Matt. 8:34. The disciples who were frightened at the appearance of Peter, Acts 12:14,15. The Ephesians, in their sorceries, Acts 19:13-19. The people of the island of Melita, in imagining Paul to be a god, Acts 28:6. See Idolatry; Sorcery.