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30 Then he shouted, “Let me die with the Philistines!” He pushed against the columns as hard as he could, and the temple collapsed with the Philistine rulers and everyone else still inside. Samson killed more Philistines when he died than he had killed during his entire life.

31 His brothers and the rest of his family went to Gaza and took his body back home. They buried him in his father's tomb,[a] which was located between Zorah and Eshtaol.

Samson was a leader[b] of Israel for 20 years.

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Footnotes

  1. 16.31 buried him in his father's tomb: Several family members were often buried in one tomb.
  2. 16.31 leader: See 2.16 and the note there.

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