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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[a] rests, so I can lean on them.” 27 And the house[b] 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.

Samson’s Revenge

28 And Samson called to Yahweh and said, “My Lord Yahweh, remember me! Please give me strength this one time, O God, so that I can repay with one act of revenge to the Philistines for my eyes.”

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 16:26 Or “temple”
  2. Judges 16:27 Or “temple”