“Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods? these are the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness.”
The Philistines were afraid; for they said: God has come into the camp. They said: Woe to us! For nothing like this has happened before—the pagan warriors acknowledge the divine presence (*Elohim ba'u*), even as they do not know the God of Israel. Their dread is real, but their recognition remains external and fearful rather than submissive.
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