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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)