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Judges 16:28 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Samson called to the LORD, and said, “Lord GOD, remember me, please, and strengthen me, please, only this once, God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.” "

Judges 16:28

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26 and Samson said to the boy who held him by the hand, “Allow me to feel the pillars on which the house rests, that I may lean on them.”

27 Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were there; and there were on the roof about three thousand men and women, who saw while Samson performed.

28 Samson called to the LORD, and said, “Lord GOD, remember me, please, and strengthen me, please, only this once, God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.”

29 Samson took hold of the two middle pillars on which the house rested and leaned on them, the one with his right hand and the other with his left.

30 Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines!” He bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell on the lords, and on all the people who were in it. So the dead that he killed at his death were more than those who he killed in his life.

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  • Manoah Manoah is the father of Samson.
    Source: Judges 13:2; Judges 13:24; Judges 16:28; Judges 16:31
    There was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and childless.
    Read Judges 13:2
    The woman bore a son and named him Samson. The child grew, and the LORD blessed him.
    Read Judges 13:24
    Samson called to the LORD, and said, “Lord GOD, remember me, please, and strengthen me, please, only this once, God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.”
    Read Judges 16:28
    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.
    Read Judges 16:31

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Judges 15:3

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"Samson said to them, “This time I will be blameless in the case of the Philistines when I harm them.”"

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Judges 15:7

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"Samson said to them, “If you behave like this, surely I will take revenge on you, and after that I will cease.”"

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1 Samuel 28:15

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"Samuel said to Saul, “Why have you disturbed me, to bring me up?” Saul answered, “I am very distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God has departed from me, and answers me no more, by prophets, or by dreams. Therefore I have called you, that you may make known to me what I shall do.”"

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1 Samuel 3:10

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"The LORD came, and stood, and called as at other times, “Samuel! Samuel!” Then Samuel said, “Speak; for your servant hears.”"

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1 Maccabees 4:30

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"He saw that the army was strong, and he prayed and said, “Blessed are you, O Savior of Israel, who defeated the attack of the mighty warrior by the hand of your servant David, and delivered the army of the Philistines into the hands of Jonathan the son of Saul, and of his armor bearer."

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2 Samuel 3:18

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"Now then do it! For the LORD has spoken of David, saying, ‘By the hand of my servant David, I will save my people Israel out of the hand of the Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies.’”"

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Judges 16:1

"Samson went to Gaza, and saw there a prostitute, and went in to her."

Judges 16:2

"The Gazites were told, “Samson is here!” They surrounded him and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, “Wait until morning light; then we will kill him.”"

Judges 16:3

"Samson lay until midnight, then arose at midnight and took hold of the doors of the gate of the city, with the two posts, and plucked them up, bar and all, and put them on his shoulders and carried them up to the top of the mountain that is before Hebron."

Judges 16:4

"It came to pass afterward that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah."

Judges 16:5

"The lords of the Philistines came up to her and said to her, “Entice him, and see in which his great strength lies, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him; and we will each give you eleven hundred pieces of silver.”"

Judges 16:6

"Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me where your great strength lies, and what you might be bound to afflict you.”"

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