Judges:16:23-31

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* And the Philistine rulers gathered to offer a great sacrifice to their god Dagon , and to exult . And they said , Our god has given our enemy Samson into our hand . * And the people saw him , and praised their god . For they said , Our god has delivered our enemy into our hand , even the devastator of our land , who multiplied our wounded . * And it happened when their heart felt good , they said , Call for Samson , and he shall entertain us . And they called for Samson from the prison house . And he entertained them . And they made him stand between the pillars . * And Samson said to the young man grasping his hand , Let me alone , and let me feel the pillars on which the house rests , that I may lean on them . * And the house was full of men and women , and all the Philistine rulers were there . And about three thousand men and women were on the roof watching Samson entertaining . * And Samson called to Jehovah , and said , O Lord Jehovah , remember me , I pray , and please make me strong only his time , O God . And I shall be avenged with one vengeance on the Philistines , because of my two eyes . * And Samson grasped the two middle pillars on which the house rested , and on which it was supported ; one with his right hand , and one with his left . * And Samson said , Let my soul die with the Philistines ! And he bowed mightily , and the house fell on the rulers , and on all the people who were in it . And the dead that he killed in his death were more than those the killed in his life . * And his brothers and all his father 's house came down and lifted him up and brought him up . And they buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol , in the burying place of his father Manoah . And he judged Israel twenty years .

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