Judges:16:23-31
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Then the lords of the Philistines gathered together to sacrifice a great sacrifice to Dagon their god ,
and to rejoice ;
for they said ,
Our god has given Samson our enemy into our hands .
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And when the people saw him ,
they praised their god ;
for they said ,
Our god has given into our hands our enemy ,
and the destroyer of our country ,
even him who multiplied our slain .
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And it came to pass when their hearts were merry ,
that they said ,
Call for Samson ,
that he may make us sport .
And they called for Samson out of the prison-house ,
and he played before them ;
and they set him between the pillars .
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And Samson said to the lad that held him by the hand ,
Let loose of me ,
and suffer me to feel the pillars upon which the house stands ,
that I may lean upon them .
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Now the house was full of men and women ;
and all the lords of the Philistines were there ;
and upon the roof there were about three thousand men and women ,
who looked on while Samson made sport .
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And Samson called to Jehovah ,
and said ,
Lord Jehovah ,
remember me ,
I pray thee ,
and strengthen me ,
I pray thee ,
only this once ,
O God ,
that I may take one vengeance upon the Philistines for my two eyes .
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And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood (
and he supported himself upon them ),
the one with his right hand and the other with his left .
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And Samson said ,
Let me die with the Philistines !
And he bowed himself with might ;
and the house fell on the lords ,
and on all the people that were therein .
So the dead that he slew at his death were more than those whom he had slain in his life .
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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 .