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.
When the people saw him, they praised their god, saying, 'Our god has handed over to us our enemy—the one who destroyed our country and killed many of our people.'
The Philistines celebrated and gave credit to their god for capturing Samson, their greatest enemy who had caused them so much destruction.
📚 Historical Context
This verse describes the Philistines' reaction when they captured Samson, the Israelite judge who had terrorized them for twenty years. The Philistines worshipped Dagon, a grain god, and believed their deity had finally given them victory over the man who had killed thousands of their people and destroyed their cities. This was during a time when Israel was under Philistine oppression, and Samson had been their primary source of resistance.
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