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A Cunning Deception
Commentators explain that Samson's request to lean on the pillars was a clever ruse. He pretended to be weary from being paraded and mocked, allowing him to be positioned at the temple's structural weak point without arousing suspicion. This highlights his strategic thinking in his final moments.
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Albert Barnes
On Judges 16:26
18th Century
Theologian
More literally, “let me rest, and let me feel the pillars, that I may lean upon them.” He feigned weariness with his dancing and singing, …
Charles Ellicott
On Judges 16:26
19th Century
Bishop
That I may feel the pillars. —The temple of Dagon had a flat roof; but further than this we are unable to conjecture what was its architec…
John Gill
On Judges 16:26
17th Century
Pastor
And Samson said to the lad that held him by the hand
And led him about; as nothing is more common now than for a bli…
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Matthew Henry
On Judges 16:25–31
17th Century
Minister
Nothing fills up the sins of any person or people faster than mocking and misusing the servants of God, even though it is by their own folly that t…