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Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. He bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell on the lords, and on all the people who were therein. So the dead that he killed at his death were more than those who he killed in his life.
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An Act of Justice, Not Suicide
Commentators stress that Samson's final act was not one of personal revenge or suicide. As Israel's judge, he acted with 'holy zeal' to execute God's justice against the Philistines who were mocking God. His prayer for strength was answered by God, signifying divine approval for this mission to defend God's honor and deliver His people.
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Samson said, let me die with the Philistines He sought their death, and was content to lose his own life to be a…
Presbyterian
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…
