Judges 16:24

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.

Judges 16:24 Meaning and Commentary

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.

Judges 16:24 In-Context

22 Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven .

23 Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said , Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.

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.

25 And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said , Call for Samson, that he may make us sport . And they called for Samson out of the prison house; and he made them sport : and they set him between the pillars.

26 And Samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand, Suffer me that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house standeth , that I may lean upon them.