Teks -- Judges 16:27 (NET)

16:27 Now the temple was filled with men and women, and all the rulers of the Philistines were there. There were three thousand men and women on the roof watching Samson entertain.

Tafsiran/Catatan -- Catatan Kata/Frasa (per frasa)

Wesley: Jdg 16:27 - The roof

Which was flat, and had window's through which they might see what was done in the lower parts of the house.

JFB: Jdg 16:27 - there were upon the roof about three thousand men and women, that beheld while Samson made sport

This building seems to have been similar to the spacious and open amphitheaters well known among the Romans and still found in many countries of the East. They are built wholly of wood. The standing place for the spectators is a wooden floor resting upon two pillars and rising on an inclined plane, so as to enable all to have a view of the area in the center. In the middle there are two large beams, on which the whole weight of the structure lies, and these beams are supported by two pillars placed almost close to each other, so that when these are unsettled or displaced, the whole pile must tumble to the ground.

Clarke: Jdg 16:27 - Now the house was full of men

Now the house was full of men - It was either the prison-house, house of assembly, or a temple of Dagon, raised on pillars, open on all sides, and flat-roofed, so that it could accommodate a multitude of people on the top.

TSK: Jdg 16:27 - and there // the roof

and there : ""Samson, therefore,""says Dr. Shaw, ""must have been in a court or area below; and consequently the temple will be of the same kind with the ancient, τεμενη , or sacred enclosures, which were only surrounded either in part, or on all sides, with some plain or cloistered buildings. Several palaces, doutwanas , (as the courts of justice are called in those countries) are built in this fashion. On their public festivals and rejoicings, the roofs of these cloisters are crowded with spectators. I have often seen numbers of people diverted in this manner on the roof of the dey’ s palace at Algiers; which, like many others, has an advanced cloister, over against the gate of the palace, like a long pent-house, supported by one or two contiguous pillars in front, or centre."

the roof : Jdg 9:51; Deu 22:8; Jos 2:8; 2Sa 11:2

Tafsiran/Catatan -- Catatan Kata/Frasa (per Ayat)

Poole: Jdg 16:27 - The roof

The roof after the manner of the times, was flat, and had windows through which they might see what was done in the lower parts of the house.

Haydock: Jdg 16:27 - Play

Play. It is not clear from the text, whether the 3000 were distinct from those who were below. It seems this is the number of all the slain, (Calmet) as Josephus asserts. But the Protestants insert, "the lords of the Philistines were there: and there were upon the roof," &c., which shews that they understand it in the same sense as the Vulgate and the Septuagint which distinguish these outside spectators from those who filled the house, and were in company with the princes. (Haydock)

Gill: Jdg 16:27 - Now the house was full of men and women // and all the lords of the Philistines were there // and there were upon the roof three thousand men and women // that beheld while Samson made sport

Now the house was full of men and women,.... Within it, who were gathered together from all parts of the city, and perhaps from other places on this occasion:

and all the lords of the Philistines were there; their five lords, the lords of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron:

and there were upon the roof three thousand men and women; it being a flat roof, as the houses in Canaan and Phoenicia, and the places adjacent, were; see Deu 22:8 and there might be some openings or windows in several parts of it, through which the people might see who were below them, and were within the house, and what was doing there, and particularly could have a sight of Samson through them as follows:

that beheld while Samson made sport; or was made a sport of; while he was buffeted and used in a ludicrous manner.