Judges 16:23-27
Dagon <01712> [Dagon.]
celebrate <08057> [to rejoice.]
praised <01984> [praised.]
killed ... many <02491 07235> [which slew many of us. Heb. and who multiplied our slain.]
celebrating <03820> [their hearts.]
<06440> [them. Heb. before them. sport.]
roof <01406> [and there.]
"Samson, therefore," says Dr. Shaw, "must have been in a court or area below; and consequently the temple will be of the same kind with the ancient, [temene,] or sacred enclosures, which were only surrounded either in part, or on all sides, with some plain or cloistered buildings. Several palaces, {doutwanas,} (as the courts of justice are called in those countries) are built in this fashion. On their public festivals and rejoicings, the roofs of these cloisters are crowded with spectators. I have often seen numbers of people diverted in this manner on the roof of the dey's palace at Algiers; which, like many others, has an advanced cloister, over against the gate of the palace, like a long pent-house, supported by one or two contiguous pillars in front, or centre."
roof <01406> [the roof.]
