Judges 16:30
“And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And Samson said, let me die with the Philistines,.... He sought their death, and was content to lose his own life to be…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Judges 16:22-31
Though the last stage of Samson's life was inglorious, and one could wish there were a veil drawn over it, yet this…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
Let me die lit. -let my soul die." In the O.T. the soul is not the immortal, but the mortal, element in man: it is that…
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