# 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]])