To Ashkelon. — Probably he seized the opportunity of some great feast to Dagon, or even of another marriage festival, since the linen robes and rich garments would not be such as would be worn every day.
Took their spoil. — The Hebrew word chalîsah is rendered “armour” in 2 Samuel 2:21 (LXX.,panoplia), and the Targum on Judges 14:13 seems to understand “suits of armour.”
Gave... unto them which expounded the riddle. — They were unaware whence he had obtained the means to discharge his wager. The morality of the act can, of course, only be judged from the standpoint of the time.