Text -- Judges 16:29-31 (NET)

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.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Jdg 16:29

¹ tn Heb “the pillars upon which the house was founded.”

NET Notes: Jdg 16:30

¹ tn Heb “he stretched out with strength.”

² tn Heb “And the ones whom he killed in his death were many more than he killed in his life.”

NET Notes: Jdg 16:31

¹ tn Heb “and all the house of his father.”

² tn Heb “and lifted him up and brought up.”

³ tn Traditionally, “judged.”