Superstition: 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,
1Sa 4:3; with 1Sa 4:10, 11.
Philistines, refusing to step on the threshold of the temple of Dagon after the image of Dagon had repeatedly fallen,
1Sa 5:5.
The belief of the Syrians concerning the help of the gods,
1Ki 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 threw Jonah into the sea,
Jon 1:4-16.
The disciples, supposing they saw a ghost when Jesus came walking upon the lake,
Mat 14:26; Mar 6:49, 50.
Herod Antipas, imagining that Jesus was actually John the Baptist risen from the dead,
Mar 6:14, 16.
The Gadarenes (Gerasenes, Gergasenes), because Jesus expelled demons out of the man who lived among the tombs,
Mat 8:34.
The disciples who were frightened at the appearance of Peter,
Act 12:14, 15.
The Ephesians, in their sorceries,
Act 19:13-19.
The people of the island of Melita (Malta), in assuming that Paul was some sort of god,
Act 28:6.
See IDOLATRY; SORCERY