Judges 16:31
29 And Samson reached out for the two central pillars supporting the temple. Bracing himself against them with his right hand on one pillar and his left hand on the other,
30 Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines.” Then he pushed with all his might, and the temple fell on the lords and all the people in it. So in his death he killed more than he had killed in his life.
Then Samson’s brothers and his father’s family came down, carried him back, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of his father Manoah. And he had judged Israel twenty years.
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- BSB
- Then Samson’s brothers and his father’s family came down, carried him back, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of his father Manoah. And he had judged Israel twenty years.
- KJV
- Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the buryingplace of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years.
- WEB
- Then his brothers and all the house of his father came down and took him, and brought him up and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the burial site of Manoah his father. He judged Israel twenty years.
- ASV
- Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the burying-place of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years.
- DARBY
- And his brethren came down, and all the house of his father, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zoreah and Eshtaol in the sepulchre of Manoah his father. And he had judged Israel twenty years.
- BLB
- And his brothers and all the house of his father came down, and they lifted him and brought [him] up and buried him between Zorah and between Eshtaol in the tomb of Manoah his father. And He had judged Israel twenty years.
- ÅB
- Men hans brødre og hele hans fars hus dro ned og tok ham og førte ham hjem og la ham i Manoahs, hans fars grav mellom Sora og Estaol. Han hadde da vært dommer i Israel i tyve år.
[^1]: d.e. over tusen. - OTB
- Da kom hans brødre og hele hans fars familie ned for å hente ham. De tok ham og begravde ham mellom Sora og Esjtaol i graven til Manoah, hans far. Han hadde dømt Israel i tjue år.
- B1930
- Men hans brødre og hele hans fars hus drog ned og tok ham og førte ham hjem og la ham i Manoahs, hans fars grav mellem Sora og Estaol. Han hadde da vært dommer i Israel i tyve år.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Judges 15:20
And Samson judged Israel for twenty years in the days of the Philistines.
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And the Spirit of the LORD began to stir him at Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.
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Now there was a man from Zorah named Manoah, from the clan of the Danites, whose wife was barren and had no children.
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The territory of their inheritance included Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir-shemesh,
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