士師記 16:26-31 JCB

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 16:30

So the dead which he slew - We are informed that the house was full of men and women, with about three thousand of both sexes on the top; now as the whole house was pulled down, consequently the principal part of all these were slain; and among them we find there were the lords of the Philistines. The death of these, with so many of the inferior chiefs of the people, was such a crush to the Philistine ascendancy, that they troubled Israel no more for several years, and did not even... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 16:31

He judged Israel twenty years - It is difficult to ascertain the time of Samson's magistracy, and the extent of country over which he presided. His jurisdiction seems to have been very limited, and to have extended no farther than over those parts of the tribe of Dan contiguous to the land of the Philistines. This is what our margin intimates on Judges 15:20 . Many suppose that he and Eli were contemporaries, Samson being rather an executor of the Divine justice upon the enemies of... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Judges 16:26

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, and asked to recover himself by leaning against the pillars. The flat roof, from the top of which, as well as under it, spectators could see what was being done on the stage in front, was mainly supported by two pillars. The lords and principal persons sat UNDER the roof, while the people, to the number of 3,000, stood ON the flat roof. When the pillars were... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Judges 16:28

At once avenged - “i. e. with one final revenge.” These words do not breathe the spirit of the Gospel, but they express a sentiment, natural to the age, knowledge, and character of Samson. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Judges 16:31

“All the house of his father,” in connection with “his brethren,” must mean the whole tribe of Dan, aiding his nearer relations. The Danites, taking advantage of the consternation of the Philistines, and of the death of their lords and chief men, went down in force to Gaza, and recovered the body of their great captain and judge, and buried him in his father’s sepulchre. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Judges 16:26

Judges 16:26. The pillars whereon the house standeth It is probable that this house, whether it were a temple or theatre, was no more than a wooden building, raised for the present occasion, much in the form of an amphitheatre, in the midst of which were two large wooden pillars, on which the main beams of the roof rested, so that if these should be pulled away, the building must necessarily fall. Pliny, in the fifteenth chapter of the thirty-sixth book of his Natural History, speaks of... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Judges 16:27

Judges 16:27. There were upon the roof, &c. The roof was flat, and had windows, through which they might see what was done in the lower parts of the house. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Judges 16:28

Judges 16:28. Samson called unto the Lord This prayer proceeded not from malice and revenge, but from faith in, and zeal for, God, who was there publicly dishonoured, and from a concern to vindicate the whole commonwealth of Israel, which it was his duty to do to the uttermost of his power, as he was judge. And God, who heareth not sinners, and would never exert his omnipotence to gratify any man’s malice, manifested by the effect that he accepted and owned Samson’s prayer as the dictate of... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Judges 16:30

Judges 16:30. Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines That is, I am content to die, so I can but contribute to the vindication of God’s glory, and the deliverance of God’s people. This is no encouragement to those who wickedly murder themselves: for Samson did not desire or procure his own death voluntarily, but by mere necessity; he was by his office obliged to seek the destruction of these enemies and blasphemers of God, and oppressors of his people; which in these circumstances he... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Judges 16:31

Judges 16:31. His brethren, &c., came down, and took, and buried him While the Philistines were so reduced by the great destruction he had wrought among them, and so oppressed with grief and consternation, that they had neither heart nor leisure to hinder them. Or, as some think, they were so terrified by this awful catastrophe as to be afraid of keeping even his dead body in their land, and therefore made no opposition to his friends taking it away for burial. We may observe upon the... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 16:30

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 16:31

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Judges 16:26

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Judges 16:28

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Judges 16:31

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Judges 16:26

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Judges 16:27

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Judges 16:28

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Judges 16:30

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Judges 16:31

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