Hakim-hakim 16:29-31

16:29 Samson took hold of the two middle pillars that supported the temple ¹  and he leaned against them, with his right hand on one and his left hand on the other. 16:30 Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines!” He pushed hard ²  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. ³  16:31 His brothers and all his family ⁴  went down and brought him back. ⁵  They buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of Manoah his father. He had led ⁶  Israel for twenty years.

[16:29]  ¹ tn Heb “the pillars upon which the house was founded.”

[16:30]  ² tn Heb “he stretched out with strength.”

[16:30]  ³ tn Heb “And the ones whom he killed in his death were many more than he killed in his life.”

[16:31]  ⁴ tn Heb “and all the house of his father.”

[16:31]  ⁵ tn Heb “and lifted him up and brought up.”

[16:31]  ⁶ tn Traditionally, “judged.”