And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life.
His hair grew back, a sign that God accepted him again as a Nazarite after his repentance, extraordinary and deliberate. The Philistines, confident in his blindness, never guarded against it, little knowing God was preparing him to strike one final blow for the honour of his name and the ruin of His enemies.
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Commenting on Judges 16:22-31
And Samson said, let me die with the Philistines,.... He sought their death, and was content to lose his own life to be avenged on them; in neither of which did he act a criminal part as a judge of Israel; and from a public spirit he might desire the death of their enemies, and seek to effect it by all means possible; and was...
Jdg 16:29-30 After he had prayed to the Lord for strength for this last great deed, he embraced the two middle pillars upon which the building was erected, leant upon them, one with his right hand, the other with the left (viz., embracing them with his hands, as these words also belong to ילפּת), and said, “let my soul die with the Philistines.” He then...
Commenting on Judges 16:29-30