Judges 16:30

Samson shouted, “Let me die with the Philistines!” and he pushed with all his strength. The temple collapsed on the rulers and all the people in it. So those killed at his death were more than he killed in his life.

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In The King James Version

And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life.

In Context

29Samson reached for the two middle pillars that supported the temple. With his right hand leaning on one pillar and his left hand on the other,

31Then his brothers and his whole family came and took him back and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of Manoah his father. He led Israel as judge for twenty years.

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Cross References

Genesis 3:15I will make sure you and your children, and the woman and her children, are enemies. One of her children will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”

Judges 15:8He attacked them violently, killing them, and then left to go and live in a cave at the rock of Etam.

Job 20:5that the triumph of the wicked doesn't last long, that those who reject God are only happy for a short time?

Psalms 62:3How long are you going to attack me? All of you against one man! To you I'm just a broken wall, a collapsed fence.

Matthew 16:25For if you want to save your life you will lose it, and if you lose your life for my sake you will save it.

Acts 20:24But I don't consider my life as worth anything to me. I only want to finish my mission and the ministry that the Lord Jesus gave to me, to witness to the good news of the grace of God.

Matthew Henry on Judges 16:23-31

The Death of Samson; Samson's Triumph in Death. ( b. c. 1120.) 22 Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven. 23 Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said, Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand. 24 And when the people saw him, they praised their god: for they said, Our god hath delivered into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, which slew many of us. 25 And… Read the whole commentary →

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