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25 After awhile, when their hearts[a] were merry, they said, “Call Samson and let him entertain us.” And they called Samson from the prison,[b] and he entertained them.[c] And they made him stand between the pillars. 26 Then Samson said to the servant who was holding him by his hand, “Position me so that I can touch the pillars on which the house[d] rests, so I can lean on them.” 27 And the house[e] was full of men and women, and all of the rulers of the Philistines were there—about three thousand men and women were on the roof watching the performance of Samson.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 16:25 Hebrew “heart”
  2. Judges 16:25 Literally “from the house of the prisoner”
  3. Judges 16:25 Literally “he made sport before them”
  4. Judges 16:26 Or “temple”
  5. Judges 16:27 Or “temple”