The “lords” were very unwilling to give up their triumph and, with common pagan superstition, imagined that some local bad luck was against them at…

Gathered all the lords of the Philistines to them. — The Philistine federation seems to have been very powerful. Owing to…

They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the
Philistines unto them
The other…

The hand of the Lord was heavy upon the Philistines; he not only convinced them of their folly, but severely chastised their insolence. Yet they wo…