Spread themselves - An expre ion used of the Philistine mode of war (2 Samuel 5:18; 2 Samuel 5:22), alluding to the …

Then the Philistines went up. —They “went up” in hostile array against the hill-country of Judea to take vengeance for the dreadfu…

Then the Philistines went up From Palestine, which lay low on the shore of the Mediterranean sea:

and …

Sin dispirits people; it hides from their eyes the things that belong to their peace. The Israelites blamed Samson for what he had done against the…