Judges 16:23
Now, the lords of the Philistines, had gathered themselves together to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice,—and they said, Our god hath delivered into our hand, Samson our enemy.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
22And the hair of his head began to grow, after he had been shaven.
Cross References
1 Samuel 5:2And, when the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon,—and placed it by the side of Dagon.
Job 30:9But, now, their song, have I become, Yea I serve them for a byword;
Proverbs 24:17When thine enemy falleth, do not thou rejoice, and, when he stumbleth, let not thy heart exult:
Micah 4:5For, all the peoples, walk, every man in the name of his god,—we, therefore, will walk in the name of Yahweh our God, to times age-abiding and beyond.
1 Corinthians 8:4Concerning, then, the eating of idol-sacrifices, we are aware—that an idol is, nothing, in the world, and that, none, is God save one.
Matthew Henry on Judges 16:23-31
The Death of Samson; Samson's Triumph in Death. ( b. c. 1120.) 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… Read the whole commentary →