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Then his brothers and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the burying-place of Manoah his father. He judged Israel twenty years.
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Honored in Death
Commentators note that "all the house of his father" likely refers not just to immediate relatives but to the entire tribe of Dan. Despite Samson's flawed life and humiliating death, his people risked entering enemy territory to retrieve his body. They gave him a proper burial in his father's tomb, showing that even a fallen leader was honored by his community for his service to Israel.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
“All the house of his father,” in connection with “his brethren,” must mean the whole tribe of Dan, aiding his nearer relations. The Danites, takin…
19th Century
Anglican
His brothers and all his father's household. —Probably Manoah and his wife were dead. The religious terror caused by the catastrop…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then his brethren, and all the house of his father, came down , &c.] To Gaza, having heard of what has befallen him …
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