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24 When the people saw Samson,[a] they praised their god, claiming:

Our god has given our enemy into our control;
    the one who was destroying our land,
        and who has killed many of us.

25 Because they all got good and drunk,[b] they ordered, “Go get Samson, so he can entertain us.” So they called for Samson from the prison, and he entertained them while they made him stand between the pillars.

Samson Kills Himself and 3,000 Philistines

26 Then Samson told the young man who had been leading him around by the hand, “Let me touch and feel the pillars on which this building rests, and I’ll support myself against them.”

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 16:24 Lit. him
  2. Judges 16:25 Lit. Because their hearts were merry