Judges 16:25

"When the people saw him, they praised their god; for they said, “Our god has delivered our enemy and the destroyer of our country, who has slain many of us, into our hand.”"

Key Reflection

This verse highlights the people's recognition of divine intervention in their national crisis. They attribute Samson’s miraculous victory over their enemy to their god, seeing it as a direct act of deliverance and proof of divine support, even though they had previously doubted or perhaps forgotten their faith.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

That he may make us sport -Rather, “that he may play for us,” i. e. dance and make music. At an idolatrous feast, dancing was always accompanied with vocal and instrumental music.

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