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When the people saw him, they praised their god; for they said, Our god has delivered into our hand our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, who has slain many of us.
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Praise to a False God
Commentators explain that the Philistines' words were part of a formal triumphal song, similar to victory hymns sung to the Lord elsewhere in the Bible. They were specifically praising their god, Dagon, for capturing Samson, whom they called 'the destroyer of our country' because of his past attacks, such as setting fire to their fields and killing thousands of their men.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Our God ... - A portion of the Philistine triumphal song. Compare Judges 5; Exodus 15.
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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