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and Samson said to the boy who held him by the hand, Allow me that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house rests, that I may lean on them.
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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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18th Century
Presbyterian
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, …
19th Century
Anglican
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…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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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