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.