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Judges 16:21-31

16:21

But the Philistines
<06430>

took
<0270> (8799)

him, and put out
<05365> (8762)

his eyes
<05869>_,

and brought him down
<03381> (8686)

to Gaza
<05804>_,

and bound
<0631> (8799)

him with fetters of brass
<05178>_;

and he did grind
<02912> (8802)

in the prison
<0631> (8803)

house
<01004>_.

{put out: Heb. bored out}

16:22

Howbeit the hair
<08181>

of his head
<07218>

began
<02490> (8686)

to grow again
<06779> (8763)

after
<0834>

he was shaven
<01548> (8795)_.

{after...: or, as when he was shaven}

16:23

Then the lords
<05633>

of the Philistines
<06430>

gathered them together
<0622> (8738)

for to offer
<02076> (8800)

a great
<01419>

sacrifice
<02077>

unto Dagon
<01712>

their god
<0430>_,

and to rejoice
<08057>_:

for they said
<0559> (8799)_,

Our god
<0430>

hath delivered
<05414> (8804)

Samson
<08123>

our enemy
<0341> (8802)

into our hand
<03027>_.

16:24

And when the people
<05971>

saw
<07200> (8799)

him, they praised
<01984> (8762)

their god
<0430>_:

for they said
<0559> (8804)_,

Our god
<0430>

hath delivered
<05414> (8804)

into our hands
<03027>

our enemy
<0341> (8802)_,

and the destroyer
<02717> (8688)

of our country
<0776>_,

which slew
<02491>

many
<07235> (8689)

of us. {which...: Heb. and who multiplied our slain}

16:25

And it came to pass, when their hearts
<03820>

were merry
<02896>_,

that they said
<0559> (8799)_,

Call
<07121> (8798)

for Samson
<08123>_,

that he may make us sport
<07832> (8762)_.

And they called
<07121> (8799)

for Samson
<08123>

out of the prison
<0631> (8803)

house
<01004>_;

and he made them
<06440>

sport
<06711> (8762)_:

and they set
<05975> (8686)

him between the pillars
<05982>_.

{them: Heb. before them}

16:26

And Samson
<08123>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto the lad
<05288>

that held
<02388> (8688)

him by the hand
<03027>_,

Suffer
<03240> (8685)

me that I may feel
<04184> (8685) (8675) <03237> (8685)

the pillars
<05982>

whereupon the house
<01004>

standeth
<03559> (8737)_,

that I may lean
<08172> (8735)

upon them.

16:27

Now the house
<01004>

was full
<04390> (8804)

of men
<0582>

and women
<0802>_;

and all the lords
<05633>

of the Philistines
<06430>

[were] there; and [there were] upon the roof
<01406>

about three
<07969>

thousand
<0505>

men
<0376>

and women
<0802>_,

that beheld
<07200> (8802)

while Samson
<08123>

made sport
<07832> (8800)_.

16:28

And Samson
<08123>

called
<07121> (8799)

unto the LORD
<03068>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

O Lord
<0136>

GOD
<03069>_,

remember
<02142> (8798)

me, I pray thee, and strengthen
<02388> (8761)

me, I pray thee, only this once
<06471>_,

O God
<0430>_,

that I may be at once
<0259>

avenged
<05358> (8735) <05359>

of the Philistines
<06430>

for my two
<08147>

eyes
<05869>_.

16:29

And Samson
<08123>

took hold
<03943> (8799)

of the two
<08147>

middle
<08432>

pillars
<05982>

upon which the house
<01004>

stood
<03559> (8737)_,

and on which it was borne up
<05564> (8735)_,

of the one
<0259>

with his right hand
<03225>_,

and of the other
<0259>

with his left
<08040>_.

{on which...: or, he leaned on them}

16:30

And Samson
<08123>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

Let me die
<04191> (8799) <05315>

with the Philistines
<06430>_.

And he bowed
<05186> (8799)

himself with [all his] might
<03581>_;

and the house
<01004>

fell
<05307> (8799)

upon the lords
<05633>_,

and upon all the people
<05971>

that [were] therein. So the dead
<04191> (8801)

which he slew
<04191> (8689)

at his death
<04194>

were more
<07227>

than [they] which he slew
<04191> (8689)

in his life
<02416>_.

{me: Heb. my soul}

16:31

Then his brethren
<0251>

and all the house
<01004>

of his father
<01>

came down
<03381> (8799)_,

and took
<05375> (8799)

him, and brought [him] up
<05927> (8799)_,

and buried
<06912> (8799)

him between Zorah
<06881>

and Eshtaol
<0847>

in the buryingplace
<06913>

of Manoah
<04495>

his father
<01>_.

And he judged
<08199> (8804)

Israel
<03478>

twenty
<06242>

years
<08141>_.