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Judges 16:30 KJV
Judges · chapter 16 · verse 30
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.Judges 16:30 · King James Version
Judges 16:30 in context
28And Samson called unto the LORD, and said, O Lord God, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.
29And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood, and on which it was borne up, of the one with his right hand, and of the other with his left.
30And 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.
31Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the buryingplace of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- PhilistinesPᵉlishtîya Pelishtite or inhabitant of PeleshethH6430 →
- SamsonShimshôwnShimshon, an IsraeliteH8123 →
- peopleʻama peopleH5971 →
- bowednâṭâhto stretch or spread outH5186 →
- housebayitha houseH1004 →
- lordsçerenan axleH5633 →
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Though the last stage of Samson's life was inglorious, and one could wish there were a veil drawn over it, yet this account here given of his death may be allowed to lessen, though it does not quite roll away, the reproach of it; for there was honour in his death.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 22-31