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30 Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines!” He pushed hard,[a] 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.[b] 31 His brothers and all his family[c] went down and brought him back.[d] They buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of Manoah his father. He had led[e] Israel for twenty years.

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  1. Judges 16:30 tn Heb “he stretched out with strength.”
  2. Judges 16:30 tn Heb “And the ones whom he killed in his death were many more than he killed in his life.”
  3. Judges 16:31 tn Heb “and all the house of his father.”
  4. Judges 16:31 tn Heb “and lifted him up and brought up.”
  5. Judges 16:31 tn Traditionally, “judged.”