# Dagon
a major false god of the Philistines (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-names]])
# has conquered
"has defeated"
# put him in our grasp
Here the author speak of Samson being under the rulers' control as if he were something grasped tightly by their hands. Alternate translation: "put him under our control" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])