But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.
But the Philistines captured him and gouged out his eyes. They took him down to Gaza and chained him with bronze shackles, and he was forced to grind grain in the prison.
This verse describes how Samson's enemies captured him, blinded him, and made him a slave doing hard labor in prison.
📚 Historical Context
This verse describes the tragic fall of Samson, Israel's strongest judge, after Delilah betrayed him by cutting his hair, which was the source of his God-given strength. The Philistines were Israel's oppressive enemies who had been trying to defeat Samson for years. Grinding grain was typically women's work, so forcing the once-mighty Samson to do this labor was particularly humiliating.
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