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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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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

On Judges 16:31

18th Century

Theologian

“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…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

On Judges 16:31

19th Century

Bishop

His brothers and all his father's household. —Probably Manoah and his wife were dead. The religious terror caused by the catastrop…

John Gill

John Gill

On Judges 16:31

17th Century

Pastor

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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Matthew Henry

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…