Judges 16:24

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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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
people	הָעָ֔ם ha.'Am	H5971	a people (as a congregated unit) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
saw	וַיִּרְא֤וּ vai.yir.'U	H7200	to see · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
praised	וַֽיְהַלְל֖וּ vay.ha.Lu	H1984	to be clear (orig. of sound · conjunction + verb, piel sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
god	אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֑ם 'e.lo.hei.Hem	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
said	אָמְר֗וּ 'a.me.Ru	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural
god	אֱלֹהֵ֤ינוּ 'e.lo.Hei.nu	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix
delivered	נָתַ֨ן na.Tan	H5414	to give · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
hands	בְיָדֵ֙נוּ֙ ve.ya.De.nu	H3027	a hand (the open one (indicating power · preposition + noun, common both genders singular construct + pronominal suffix
enemy	א֣וֹיְבֵ֔נוּ 'oy.Ve.nu	H341	hating · verb, qal active participle, masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix
destroyer	מַחֲרִ֣יב ma.cha.Riv	H2717	to parch (through drought) i.e. (by analogy · verb, hiphil active participle, masculine singular construct
country	אַרְצֵ֔נוּ 'ar.Tze.nu	H776	the earth (at large · noun, common both genders singular construct + pronominal suffix, 1st person feminine plural
slew	חֲלָלֵֽינוּ cha.la.Lei.nu	H2491	pierced (especially to death) · adjective, masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix
many	הִרְבָּ֖ה hir.Bah	H7235	to increase (in whatever respect) · verb, hiphil perfect, 3rd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

Daniel 5:4 They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
1 Samuel 31:9 And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to publish it in the house of…
Revelation 11:10 And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets…
Deuteronomy 32:27 Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our h…
Judges 15:8 And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam.
Judges 15:16 And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men.
1 Chronicles 10:9 And when they had stripped him, they took his head, and his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to carry tidings…
Isaiah 37:20 Now therefore, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD, even thou only.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 16:22–end

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 roll away, the reproach of it; for there was honour in his death. No doubt he greatly repented of his sin, the dishonour he had by it done to God and his forfeiture of the honour God had put upon him; for that God was reconciled to him appears, 1. By the return of the sign of his Nazariteship (Jdg 16:22): His hair began to grow again, as when he was shaven, that is, to be as thick and as long as when it was cut off. It is probable that their general thanksgiving to Dagon was not long deferred, be…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 16:23

THEIR FEAST TO DAGON. (Jdg 16:23-25) the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon--It was a common practice in heathen nations, on the return of their solemn religious festivals, to bring forth their war prisoners from their places of confinement or slavery; and, in heaping on them every species of indignity, they would offer their grateful tribute to the gods by whose aid they had triumphed over their enemies. Dagon was a sea idol, usually represented as having the head and upper parts human, while the rest of the body resembled a fish.

John Gill on Judges 16:24

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, Daniel 5:4 in hymns and songs composed for them, the substance of which was as follows: for they said, our god hath delivered into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our country; as he had been, by tying firebrands to the tails of three hundred foxes, and letting them go into their cornfields, vineyards, and oliveyards: which slew many of us; thirty men at Ashkelon, more at Timnath, and 1000 with the jawbone of an ass at Lehi.

Keil & Delitzsch on Judges 16:22–end

Dictionary and topics

Dagon — Little fish; diminutive from dag = a fish, the fish-god; the national god of the Philistines (Judg. 16:23). This idol had the body of a fish with the head and hands of a man. It was an…
Gaza — Called also Azzah, which is its Hebrew name (Deut. 2:23; 1 Kings 4:24; Jer. 25:20), strong, a city on the Mediterranean shore, remarkable for its early importance as the chief centre of a great…
Amusements And Pleasures, Worldly · Formed a part of idolatrous worship — Formed a part of idolatrous worship
Amusements And Worldly Pleasures · Formed a part of idolatrous worship — Formed a part of idolatrous worship
Gaza · .Sam — .Sam
Idolatry · .Praise — .Praise
Mills · Male captives often employed at — Male captives often employed at
Samson · his enemies — his enemies

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 16:22–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 16:23

John Gill on Judges 16:24

Keil & Delitzsch on Judges 16:22–end

Dictionary and topics

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 16:22–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 16:23

John Gill on Judges 16:24

Keil & Delitzsch on Judges 16:22–end

Dictionary and topics

Rashi on Judges 16:21