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Keywords: ANGEL (a spirit),BARRENNESS,JUDGE,PHILISTINES,ISRAEL
Description: Judges 13:1
NET Translation: The Israelites again did evil in the Lord’s sight, so the Lord handed them over to the Philistines for forty years.
DARBY Translation: And the children of Israel again did evilD1671 in the sight of Jehovah; and Jehovah gave them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.
KJV Translation: And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.
Verse Intro: Sizth Cycle - SAMSON Raised up
Keywords: MANOAH,SAMSON,ZORAH
Description: Judges 13:2
NET Translation: There was a man named Manoah from Zorah, from the Danite tribe. His wife was infertile and childless.
DARBY Translation: And there was a certain man of Zoreah, of the family of the Danites, and his name was Manoah. And his wife was barren and did not bear.
KJV Translation: And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name [was] Manoah; and his wife [was] barren, and bare not.
Keywords: CHILDREN,SAMSON,ZORAH
Description: Judges 13:24
NET Translation: Manoah’s wife gave birth to a son and named him SAMSON. The child grew and the Lord empowered him.
DARBY Translation: And the woman bore a son, and called his name SAMSON. And the child grew, and Jehovah blessed him.
KJV Translation: And the woman bare a son, and called his name SAMSON: and the child grew, and the LORD blessed him.
Verse Intro: Birth of SAMSON
Keywords: ESHTAOL,HOLY SPIRIT,MAHANEH-DAN,PROPHETS,SAMSON,ZORAH
Description: Judges 13:25
NET Translation: The Lord’s Spirit began to control him in Mahaneh Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.
DARBY Translation: And the Spirit of Jehovah began to moveD1676 him at Mahaneh-DanD1677, between Zoreah and Eshtaol.
KJV Translation: And the Spirit of the LORD began to move him at times in the camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.
Keywords: JUDGE,PHILISTINES,SAMSON,TIMNATH
Description: Judges 14:1
NET Translation: SAMSON went down to Timnah, where a Philistine girl caught his eye.
DARBY Translation: And SAMSON went down to Timnathah, and saw a woman in Timnathah of the daughters of the Philistines.
KJV Translation: And SAMSON went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines.
Verse Intro: SAMSON's Marriage to a Philistine
Description: Judges 14:3
NET Translation: But his father and mother said to him, “Certainly you can find a wife among your relatives or among all our people! You should not have to go and get a wife from the uncircumcised Philistines.” But SAMSON said to his father, “Get her for me, because she is the right one for me.”
DARBY Translation: And his father and his mother said to him, Is there no woman among the daughters of thy brethren, and among all my people, that thou goest to take a wife of the Philistines, the uncircumcised? And SAMSON said to his father, Take her for me, for she pleases me well.
KJV Translation: Then his father and his mother said unto him, [Is there] never a woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, that thou goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And SAMSON said unto his father, Get her for me; for she pleaseth me wellK1152.
Keywords: GRAPE,LION,TIMNATH
Description: Judges 14:5
NET Translation: SAMSON went down to Timnah. When he approached the vineyards of Timnah, he saw a roaring young lion attacking him.
DARBY Translation: And SAMSON went down, and his father and his mother, to Timnathah; and they came to the vineyards of Timnathah. And behold, a young lion roared against him;
KJV Translation: Then went SAMSON down, and his father and his mother, to Timnath, and came to the vineyards of Timnath: and, behold, a young lion roared against himK1153.
Keywords: COURTSHIP
Description: Judges 14:7
NET Translation: SAMSON continued on down to Timnah and spoke to the girl. In his opinion, she was just the right one.
DARBY Translation: And he went down and talked with the woman; and she pleased SAMSON well.
KJV Translation: And he went down, and talked with the woman; and she pleased SAMSON well.
Keywords: BEE,SAMSON
Description: Judges 14:8
NET Translation: Some time later, when he went back to marry her, he turned aside to see the lion’s remains. He saw a swarm of bees in the lion’s carcass, as well as some honey.
DARBY Translation: And he returned after a time to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcase of the lion; and behold, [there was] a swarm of bees in the carcase of the lion, and honey;
KJV Translation: And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcase of the lion: and, behold, [there was] a swarm of bees and honey in the carcase of the lion.
Keywords: FEASTS
Description: Judges 14:10
NET Translation: Then SAMSON’s father accompanied him to Timnah for the marriage. SAMSON hosted a party there, for this was customary for bridegrooms to do.
DARBY Translation: And his father went down to the woman, and SAMSON made there a feast; for so used the young men to do.
KJV Translation: So his father went down unto the woman: and SAMSON made there a feast; for so used the young men to do.
Verse Intro: SAMSON's Riddle
Keywords: BETTING,FEASTS,MARRIAGE,RIDDLE
Description: Judges 14:12
NET Translation: SAMSON said to them, “I will give you a riddle. If you really can solve it during the seven days the party lasts, I will give you thirty linen robes and thirty sets of clothes.
DARBY Translation: And SAMSON said to them, Let me now propound a riddle to you; if ye clearly explain it to me within the seven days of the feast, and find [it] out, then I will give you thirty shirts, and thirty changes of garments.
KJV Translation: And SAMSON said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find [it] out, then I will give you thirty sheetsK1154and thirty change of garments:
Description: Judges 14:15
NET Translation: On the fourth day they said to SAMSON’s bride, “Trick your husband into giving the solution to the riddle. If you refuse, we will burn up you and your father’s family. Did you invite us here to make us poor?”
DARBY Translation: And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said to SAMSON's wife, Persuade thy husband, that he may explain to us the riddle, lest we burn thee and thy father's house with fire. Have ye invited us to impoverish us, is it not [so]?
KJV Translation: And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said unto SAMSON's wife, Entice thy husband, that he may declare unto us the riddle, lest we burn thee and thy father's house with fire: have ye called us to take that we have?K1155[is it] not [so]?
Description: Judges 14:16
NET Translation: So SAMSON’s bride cried on his shoulder and said, “You must hate me; you do not love me! You told the young men a riddle, but you have not told me the solution.” He said to her, “Look, I have not even told my father or mother. Do you really expect me to tell you?”
DARBY Translation: And SAMSON's wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not. Thou hast propounded the riddle to the children of my people, and hast not explained it to me. And he said to her, Behold, I have not explained it to my father nor my mother, and shall I explain it to thee?
KJV Translation: And SAMSON's wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not: thou hast put forth a riddle unto the children of my people, and hast not told [it] me. And he said unto her, Behold, I have not told [it] my father nor my mother, and shall I tell [it] thee?
Keywords: ASHKELON,HOLY SPIRIT,PROPHETS,SAMSON
Description: Judges 14:19
NET Translation: The Lord’s Spirit empowered him. He went down to Ashkelon and killed thirty men. He took their clothes and gave them to the men who had solved the riddle. He was furious as he went back home.
DARBY Translation: And the Spirit of Jehovah came upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and slewD1678 of them thirty men, and took their spoil, and gave the changes of garments unto them that explained the riddle. And his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father's house.
KJV Translation: And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and slew thirty men of them, and took their spoilK1157, and gave change of garments unto them which expounded the riddle. And his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father's house.
Keywords: SAMSON
Description: Judges 14:20
NET Translation: SAMSON’s bride was then given to his best man.
DARBY Translation: And SAMSON's wife was [given] to his companion, whom he had made his friend.
KJV Translation: But SAMSON's wife was [given] to his companion, whom he had used as his friend.
Keywords: JUDGE,PHILISTINES,SAMSON
Description: Judges 15:1
NET Translation: Sometime later, during the wheat harvest, SAMSON took a young goat as a gift and went to visit his bride. He said to her father, “I want to sleep with my bride in her bedroom!” But her father would not let him enter.
DARBY Translation: And it came to pass after a time, in the days of the wheat-harvest, that SAMSON visited his wife with a kid of the goats. And he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber; but her father would not suffer him to go in.
KJV Translation: But it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat harvest, that SAMSON visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber. But her father would not suffer him to go in.
Verse Intro: SAMSON Burns Philistine Harvest
Keywords: SAMSON
Description: Judges 15:2
NET Translation: Her father said, “I really thought you absolutely despised her, so I gave her to your best man. Her younger sister is more attractive than she is. Take her instead!”
DARBY Translation: And her father said, I verily thought that thou didst utterly hate her; therefore I gave her to thy companion. Is not her younger sister fairer than she? Let her, I pray thee, be thine instead of her.
KJV Translation: And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to thy companion: [is] not her younger sister fairer than she? take herK1158, I pray thee, instead of her.
Keywords: SAMSON
Description: Judges 15:3
NET Translation: SAMSON said to them, “This time I am justified in doing the Philistines harm!”
DARBY Translation: And SAMSON said to themD1679, This time I am blameless towardD1680 the Philistines, though I do them harm.
KJV Translation: And SAMSON said concerning them, Now shall I be more blameless than the Philistines, thoughK1159I do them a displeasure.
Keywords: ARSON,FIREBRAND,FOX
Description: Judges 15:4
NET Translation: SAMSON went and captured 300 jackals and got some torches. He tied the jackals in pairs by their tails and then tied a torch to each pair.
DARBY Translation: And SAMSON went and caught three hundred jackals, and took torches, and turned tail to tail, and put a torch in the midst between the two tails.
KJV Translation: And SAMSON went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrandsK1160, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails.
Keywords: TIMNATH
Description: Judges 15:6
NET Translation: The Philistines asked, “Who did this?” They were told, “SAMSON, the Timnite’s son-in-law, because the Timnite took SAMSON’s bride and gave her to his best man.” So the Philistines went up and burned her and her father.
DARBY Translation: And the Philistines said, Who has done this? And they answered, SAMSON, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he took his wife and gave her to his companion. And the Philistines came up, and burned her and her father with fire.
KJV Translation: Then the Philistines said, Who hath done this? And they answered, SAMSON, the son in law of the Timnite, because he had taken his wife, and given her to his companion. And the Philistines came up, and burnt her and her father with fire.
Keywords: REVENGE,SAMSON
Description: Judges 15:7
NET Translation: SAMSON said to them, “Because you did this, I will get revenge against you before I quit fighting.”
DARBY Translation: And SAMSON said to them, If ye act thus, for a certainty I will avenge myself on you, and then I will cease.
KJV Translation: And SAMSON said unto them, Though ye have done this, yet will I be avenged of you, and after that I will cease.
Keywords: LEHI
Description: Judges 15:9
NET Translation: The Philistines went up and invaded Judah. They arrayed themselves for battle in Lehi.
DARBY Translation: And the Philistines went up, and encamped in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.
KJV Translation: Then the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.
Verse Intro: SAMSON Bound Over to Philistines by Judah
Description: Judges 15:10
NET Translation: The men of Judah said, “Why are you attacking us?” The Philistines said, “We have come up to take SAMSON prisoner so we can do to him what he has done to us.”
DARBY Translation: And the men of Judah said, Why are ye come up against us? And they said, To bind SAMSON are we come up, to do to him as he has done to us.
KJV Translation: And the men of Judah said, Why are ye come up against us? And they answered, To bind SAMSON are we come up, to do to him as he hath done to us.
Keywords: ETAM
Description: Judges 15:11
NET Translation: So 3,000 men of Judah went down to the cave in the cliff of Etam and said to SAMSON, “Do you not know that the Philistines rule over us? Why have you done this to us?” He said to them, “I have only done to them what they have done to me.”
DARBY Translation: Then three thousand men of Judah went down to the cleft of the cliff Etam, and said to SAMSON, Knowest thou not that the Philistines rule over us? And what is this that thou hast done to us? And he said to them, As they did to me, so have I done to them.
KJV Translation: Then three thousand men of Judah wentK1161to the top of the rock Etam, and said to SAMSON, Knowest thou not that the Philistines [are] rulers over us? what [is] this [that] thou hast done unto us? And he said unto them, As they did unto me, so have I done unto them.
Description: Judges 15:12
NET Translation: They said to him, “We have come down to take you prisoner so we can hand you over to the Philistines.” SAMSON said to them, “Promise me you will not kill me.”
DARBY Translation: And they said to him, We are come down to bind thee, that we may give thee into the hand of the Philistines. And SAMSON said to them, Swear to me that ye will not fall on me yourselves.
KJV Translation: And they said unto him, We are come down to bind thee, that we may deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines. And SAMSON said unto them, Swear unto me, that ye will not fall upon me yourselves.
Keywords: CORD,SAMSON
Description: Judges 15:13
NET Translation: They said to him, “We promise! We will only take you prisoner and hand you over to them. We promise not to kill you.” They tied him up with two brand new ropes and led him up from the cliff.
DARBY Translation: And they spoke to him, saying, No; but we will bind thee fast, and deliver thee into their hand; but we certainly shall not put thee to death. And they bound him with two new cords, and brought him up from the cliff.
KJV Translation: And they spake unto him, saying, No; but we will bind thee fast, and deliver thee into their hand: but surely we will not kill thee. And they bound him with two new cords, and brought him up from the rock.
Description: Judges 15:16
NET Translation: SAMSON then said, “With the jawbone of a donkey I have left them in heaps; with the jawbone of a donkey I have struck down a thousand men!”
DARBY Translation: And SAMSON said, With the jawbone of an ass, a heapD1681, two heaps, With the jawbone of an ass have I slain a thousand men.
KJV Translation: And SAMSON said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men.
Keywords: SAMSON
Description: Judges 15:18
NET Translation: He was very thirsty, so he cried out to the Lord and said, “You have given your servant this great victory. But now must I die of thirst and fall into the hands of these uncircumcised Philistines?”
DARBY Translation: And he was very thirsty, and called on Jehovah, and said, Thou hast given by the hand of thy servant this great deliverance, and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?
KJV Translation: And he was sore athirst, and called on the LORD, and said, Thou hast given this great deliverance into the hand of thy servant: and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?
Keywords: EN-HAKKORE,MIRACLES,SAMSON,WATER
Description: Judges 15:19
NET Translation: So God split open the basin at Lehi and water flowed out from it. When he took a drink, his strength was restored and he revived. For this reason he named the spring En Hakkore. It remains in Lehi to this very day.
DARBY Translation: And God clave the hallow rock which was in Lehi, and water came out of it. And he drank, and his spirit came again, and he revived. Therefore its name was called En-hakkoreD1683, which is in Lehi to this day.
KJV Translation: But God clave an hollow place that [was] in the jawK1166, and there came water thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived: wherefore he called the name thereof EnhakkoreK1167, which [is] in Lehi unto this day.
Keywords: ISRAEL
Description: Judges 15:20
NET Translation: SAMSON led Israel for twenty years during the days of Philistine prominence.
DARBY Translation: And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.
KJV Translation: And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.
Keywords: HYPOCRISY,JUDGE,PHILISTINES,ADULTERY,FRIENDS,SAMSON
Description: Judges 16:1
NET Translation: SAMSON went to Gaza. There he saw a prostitute and slept with her.
DARBY Translation: And SAMSON went to Gazah, and saw there a harlotD1684, and went in to her.
KJV Translation: Then went SAMSON to Gaza, and saw there an harlotK1168, and went in unto her.
Verse Intro: SAMSON Carries Gates of Gaza
Keywords: GAZATHITES
Description: Judges 16:2
NET Translation: The Gazites were told, “SAMSON has come here!” So they surrounded the town and hid all night at the city gate, waiting for him to leave. They relaxed all night, thinking, “He will not leave until morning comes; then we will kill him!”
DARBY Translation: [And it was told] the Gazathites, saying, SAMSON is come hither. And they surrounded [him], and laid wait for him all night at the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning light we will kill him.
KJV Translation: [And it was told] the Gazites, saying, SAMSON is come hither. And they compassed [him] in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quietK1169all the night, saying, In the morning, when it is day, we shall kill him.
Keywords: MIRACLES
Description: Judges 16:3
NET Translation: SAMSON spent half the night with the prostitute; then he got up in the middle of the night and left. He grabbed the doors of the city gate, as well as the two posts, and pulled them right off, bar and all. He put them on his shoulders and carried them up to the top of a hill east of Hebron.
DARBY Translation: And SAMSON lay till midnight; and he arose at midnight, and seized the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and tore them up with the bar, and put [them] upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of the mountain that is before Hebron.
KJV Translation: And SAMSON lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and allK1170, and put [them] upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of an hill that [is] before Hebron.
Keywords: CONSPIRACY,DECEPTION,DELILAH,SOREK,WOMEN
Description: Judges 16:4
NET Translation: After this SAMSON fell in love with a woman named Delilah, who lived in the Sorek Valley.
DARBY Translation: And it came to pass afterwards that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
KJV Translation: And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of SorekK1171, whose name [was] Delilah.
Verse Intro: Samsom and Delilah
Description: Judges 16:6
NET Translation: So Delilah said to SAMSON, “Tell me what makes you so strong and how you can be subdued and humiliated.”
DARBY Translation: Then Delilah said to SAMSON, Tell me, I pray thee, in what is thy great strength, and with what thou mightest be bound to overpowerD1686 thee.
KJV Translation: And Delilah said to SAMSON, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength [lieth], and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee.
Description: Judges 16:7
NET Translation: SAMSON said to her, “If they tie me up with seven fresh bowstrings that have not been dried, I will become weak and be just like any other man.”
DARBY Translation: And SAMSON said to her, If they should bind me with seven fresh cords which have not been dried, then should I be weak, and be as another man.
KJV Translation: And SAMSON said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withsK1173that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as anotherK1174man.
Keywords: TOW
Description: Judges 16:9
NET Translation: They hid in the bedroom and then she said to him, “The Philistines are here, SAMSON!” He snapped the bowstrings as easily as a thread of yarn snaps when it is put close to fire. The secret of his strength was not discovered.
DARBY Translation: Now she had liers in wait abiding in the chamber; and she said to him, The Philistines are upon thee, SAMSON! And he broke the cords, as a thread of tow is broken when it touches the fire; and his strength was not known.
KJV Translation: Now [there were] men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber. And she said unto him, The Philistines [be] upon thee, SAMSON. And he brake the withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it touchethK1175the fire. So his strength was not known.
Description: Judges 16:10
NET Translation: Delilah said to SAMSON, “Look, you deceived me and told me lies! Now tell me how you can be subdued.”
DARBY Translation: And Delilah said to SAMSON, Behold, thou hast mocked me and told me lies. Now tell me, I pray thee, with what thou mightest be bound.
KJV Translation: And Delilah said unto SAMSON, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound.
Description: Judges 16:12
NET Translation: So Delilah took new ropes and tied him with them and said to him, “The Philistines are here, SAMSON!” (The Philistines were hiding in the bedroom.) But he tore the ropes from his arms as if they were a piece of thread.
DARBY Translation: And Delilah took new ropes, and bound him with them, and said to him, The Philistines are upon thee, SAMSON! Now there were liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he broke them from off his arms like a thread.
KJV Translation: Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines [be] upon thee, SAMSON. And [there were] liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he brake them from off his arms like a thread.
Description: Judges 16:13
NET Translation: Delilah said to SAMSON, “Up to now you have deceived me and told me lies. Tell me how you can be subdued.” He said to her, “If you weave the seven braids of my hair into the fabric on the loom and secure it with the pin, I will become weak and be like any other man.”
DARBY Translation: And Delilah said to SAMSON, Hitherto thou hast mocked me and told me lies. Tell me with what thou mightest be bound. And he said to her, If thou shouldest weave the seven locks of my head with the web.
KJV Translation: And Delilah said unto SAMSON, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound. And he said unto her, If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web.
Keywords: WEAVING
Description: Judges 16:14
NET Translation: So she made him go to sleep, wove the seven braids of his hair into the fabric on the loom, fastened it with the pin, and said to him, “The Philistines are here, SAMSON!” He woke up and tore away the pin of the loom and the fabric.
DARBY Translation: And she fastened it with the pin, and said to him, The Philistines are upon thee, SAMSON! And he awoke out of his sleep, and tore out the pin of the beam, and the web.
KJV Translation: And she fastened [it] with the pin, and said unto him, The Philistines [be] upon thee, SAMSON. And he awaked out of his sleep, and went away with the pin of the beam, and with the web.
Description: Judges 16:15
NET Translation: She said to him, “How can you say, ‘I love you,’ when you will not share your secret with me? Three times you have deceived me and have not told me what makes you so strong.”
DARBY Translation: Then she said to him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thy heart is not with me? these three times hast thou mocked me, and hast not told me in what is thy great strength.
KJV Translation: And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine heart [is] not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength [lieth].
Verse Intro: SAMSON Discloses Source of Strength
Keywords: BLINDNESS,HOLY SPIRIT
Description: Judges 16:20
NET Translation: She said, “The Philistines are here, SAMSON!” He woke up and thought, “I will do as I did before and shake myself free.” But he did not realize that the Lord had left him.
DARBY Translation: And she said, The Philistines are upon thee, SAMSON! And he awoke out of his sleep, and thought, I will go out as at other times before, and disengage myself. And he knew not that Jehovah had departed from him.
KJV Translation: And she said, The Philistines [be] upon thee, SAMSON. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself. And he wist not that the LORD was departed from him.
Keywords: BRASS,CAPTIVE,FETTERS,GAZA,MILL,PRISONERS,SAMSON
Description: Judges 16:21
NET Translation: The Philistines captured him and gouged out his eyes. They brought him down to Gaza and bound him in bronze chains. He became a grinder in the prison.
DARBY Translation: And the Philistines seized him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gazah, and bound him with fettersD1688 of bronze; and he had to grind in the prison-house.
KJV Translation: But the Philistines took him, and put outK1178his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.
Verse Intro: SAMSON Bound and In Prison
Keywords: AMUSEMENTS AND WORLDLY PLEASURES,DAGON,GAZA
Description: Judges 16:23
NET Translation: The rulers of the Philistines gathered to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god and to celebrate. They said, “Our god has handed SAMSON, our enemy, over to us.”
DARBY Translation: Then the lords of the Philistines gathered together to sacrifice a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice; for they said, Our god has given SAMSON our enemy into our hands.
KJV Translation: 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.
Verse Intro: The Death of SAMSON
Description: Judges 16:25
NET Translation: When they really started celebrating, they said, “Call for SAMSON so he can entertain us!” So they summoned SAMSON from the prison and he entertained them. They made him stand between two pillars.
DARBY Translation: And it came to pass when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for SAMSON, that he may make us sport. And they called for SAMSON out of the prison-house, and he played before them; and they set him between the pillars.
KJV Translation: And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for SAMSON, that he may make us sport. And they called for SAMSON out of the prison house; and he made themK1181sport: and they set him between the pillars.
Description: Judges 16:26
NET Translation: SAMSON said to the young man who held his hand, “Position me so I can touch the pillars that support the temple. Then I can lean on them.”
DARBY Translation: And SAMSON said to the lad that held him by the hand, Let loose of me, and suffer me to feel the pillars upon which the house stands, that I may lean upon them.
KJV Translation: And SAMSON said unto the lad that held him by the hand, Suffer me that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house standeth, that I may lean upon them.
Keywords: HOUSE
Description: Judges 16:27
NET Translation: Now the temple was filled with men and women, and all the rulers of the Philistines were there. There were 3,000 men and women on the roof watching SAMSON entertain.
DARBY Translation: Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were there; and upon the roof there were about three thousand men and women, who looked on while SAMSON made sport.
KJV Translation: Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines [were] there; and [there were] upon the roof about three thousand men and women, that beheld while SAMSON made sport.
Keywords: PRAYER,REVENGE
Description: Judges 16:28
NET Translation: SAMSON called to the Lord, “O Sovereign Lord, remember me! Strengthen me just one more time, O God, so I can get swift revenge against the Philistines for my two eyes!”
DARBY Translation: And SAMSON called to Jehovah, and said, Lord Jehovah, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may take one vengeance upon the Philistines for my two eyesD1689.
KJV Translation: And 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.
Keywords: MIRACLES,SUICIDE
Description: Judges 16:29
NET Translation: 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.
DARBY Translation: And SAMSON took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood (and he supported himself upon them), the one with his right hand and the other with his left.
KJV Translation: And SAMSON took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood, and on which it was borne upK1182, of the one with his right hand, and of the other with his left.
Keywords: MIRACLES,PHILISTINES,SUICIDE
Description: Judges 16:30
NET Translation: 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.
DARBY Translation: And SAMSON said, Let me die with the Philistines! And he bowed himself with might; and the house fell on the lords, and on all the people that were therein. So the dead that he slew at his death were more than those whom he had slain in his life.
KJV Translation: And SAMSON said, Let meK1183die 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.
Keywords: ESHTAOL,SAMSON,ZORAH
Description: Judges 16:31
NET Translation: 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.
DARBY Translation: And his brethren came down, and all the house of his father, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zoreah and Eshtaol in the sepulchre of Manoah his father. And he had judged Israel twenty years.
KJV Translation: Then 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.
Keywords: ISRAEL,JUDGE
Description: Acts 13:20
NET Translation: All this took about 450 years. After this he gave them judges until the time of Samuel the prophet.
DARBY Translation: And after these things he gave [them] judges till Samuel the prophet, [to the end of] aboutSAMSON as distinct periods from the Philistine oppression, whereas it is perfectly clear the Philistine oppression included both. We have to go on to Mizpeh for the close." href="#" data-html="true" data-toggle="tooltip">D7823 four hundred and fifty years.
KJV Translation: And after that he gave [unto them] judges about the space of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet.
Keywords: BARAK,FAITH,GIDEON,JEPHTHAH,MARTYRDOM,SAMSON,SAMUEL
Description: Hebrews 11:32
NET Translation: And what more shall I say? For time will fail me if I tell of Gideon, Barak, SAMSON, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets.
DARBY Translation: And what more do I say? For the time would fail me telling of Gideon, and Barak, and SAMSON, and Jephthah, and David and Samuel, and of the prophets:
KJV Translation: And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and [of] Barak, and [of] SAMSON, and [of] Jephthae; [of] David also, and Samuel, and [of] the prophets: