Judges 16:30-31

16:30 Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines!” He pushed hard ¹  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. ²  16:31 His brothers and all his family ³  went down and brought him back. ⁴  They buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of Manoah his father. He had led ⁵  Israel for twenty years.

[16:30]  ¹ tn Heb “he stretched out with strength.”

[16:30]  ² tn Heb “And the ones whom he killed in his death were many more than he killed in his life.”

[16:31]  ³ tn Heb “and all the house of his father.”

[16:31]  ⁴ tn Heb “and lifted him up and brought up.”

[16:31]  ⁵ tn Traditionally, “judged.”