Jdg 16:25-31 - Commentary

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Text -- Judges 16:25-31 (NET)

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16:25 When they really started celebrating, they said, “Call for Samson so he can entertain us!” So they summoned Samson from the prison and he entertained them. They made him stand between two pillars. 16:26 Samson said to the young man who held his hand, “Position me so I can touch the pillars that support the temple. Then I can lean on them.” 16:27 Now the temple was filled with men and women, and all the rulers of the Philistines were there. There were three thousand men and women on the roof watching Samson entertain. 16:28 Samson called to the Lord, “O Master, Lord, remember me! Strengthen me just one more time, O God, so I can get swift revenge against the Philistines for my two eyes!” 16:29 Samson took hold of the two middle pillars that supported the temple and he leaned against them, with his right hand on one and his left hand on the other. 16:30 Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines!” He pushed hard and the temple collapsed on the rulers and all the people in it. He killed many more people in his death than he had killed during his life. 16:31 His brothers and all his family went down and brought him back. They buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of Manoah his father. He had led Israel for twenty years.

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Names, People and Places:

· Eshtaol a town in the western foothills of Judah

· Israel a citizen of Israel.,a member of the nation of Israel

· Manoah a man of Zorah of Dan; father of Judge Samson

· Philistines a sea people coming from Crete in 1200BC to the coast of Canaan

· Samson a man who was a Hebrew judge noted for his supernatural strength,son of Manoah of Dan; a judge of supernatural physical strength

· Zorah a town in the western foothills of Judah

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NET Notes: Jdg 16:25 Heb “before them.”

NET Notes: Jdg 16:26 Heb “the pillars upon which the house is founded.”

NET Notes: Jdg 16:27 Heb “house.”

NET Notes: Jdg 16:28 Heb “so I can get revenge with one act of vengeance.”

NET Notes: Jdg 16:29 Heb “the pillars upon which the house was founded.”

NET Notes: Jdg 16:30 Heb “And the ones whom he killed in his death were many more than he killed in his life.”

NET Notes: Jdg 16:31 Traditionally, “judged.”

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