1 tn Most interpret this as a reference to Samson, but this seems premature, since v. 25 suggests he was not yet standing before them. Consequently some prefer to see this statement as displaced and move it to v. 25 (see C. F. Burney, Judges, 387). It seems more likely that the pronoun refers to an image of Dagon.
2 tn Heb “multiplied our dead.”
3 tn The Hebrew has אֲדֹנָי יֱהֹוִה (’adonay yehovih, “Lord Yahweh”).
4 tn Heb “so I can get revenge with one act of vengeance.”
5 tn Heb “the pillars upon which the house was founded.”
6 tn Heb “he stretched out with strength.”
7 tn Heb “And the ones whom he killed in his death were many more than he killed in his life.”