# the Philistines came up ... in Judah

The phrase "came up" is used here because the Philistines went to Judah which is higher in elevation than where they traveled from.

# prepared for battle

"organized themselves for battle"

# Lehi

This is the name of a town in Judah. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

# do to him as he has done to us

The Philistines are comparing how they want to kill Samson to how he killed many of the Philistines. AT: "kill him like he killed many of our people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/philistines]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/judah]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/samson]]