And when the people saw him, they praised their god: for they said, Our god hath delivered into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, which slew many of us.
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Gill's Exposition
And when the people saw him,.... In the condition he was, blinded and fettered, of whom and of his great exploits they had heard so much: they praised their god; as Belshazzar did his, Dan 5:4 in…
Barnes' Notes
Our God ... - A portion of the Philistine triumphal song. Compare Judg. 5; Exo. 15.
Though the last stage of Samson's life was inglorious, and one could wish there were a veil drawn over it, yet this account here given of his death may be allowed to lessen, though it does not quite…
Cambridge Bible
saw him As Samson does not appear till the next verse, Lagrange suggests that himrefers to Dagon, whose image was uncovered at this moment or carried out in procession. It is more likely that the…
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