The cords ... became as flax ... - that is, were as weak against his strength as half-burned flax which yields to the least pressur…

Shouted against him. —Rather, cheered as they came to meet him (Septuagint, ἠλάλαξαν εἰς συνάντησιν αὐτοῦ; Vulgate, c…

And when he came to Lehi
The place which was afterwards so called, from what happened there at this time, and where …

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…