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Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Judges 16:21-31

Samson’s end. He slays more Philistines in his death than he had done in lifeJudges 16:21-3121But [And] the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza [’Azzah], and bound him with fetters of brass;22 and he did grind in the prison-house. 22Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after23 he was 23shaven. Then [And] the lords [princes] of the Philistines gathered them [themselves] together, for to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice:... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Judges 16:21-31

Judges STRENGTH PROFANED AND LOST Jdg_16:21 - Jdg_16:31 . Nobody could be less like the ordinary idea of an Old Testament ‘saint’ than Samson. His gift from ‘the spirit of the Lord’ was simply physical strength, and it was associated with the defects of his qualities. His passions were strong, and apparently uncontrolled. He had no moral elevation or religious fervour. He led no army against the Philistines, nor seems to have had any fixed design of resisting them. He seeks a wife among... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Judges 16:15-31

Dying with the Philistines Judges 16:15-31 It may be that the razor has already severed your union with Christ. If we abide not in living union with Him, we are cast out as branches from the vine, and wither. This is bad enough, but it is still worse when we are not aware of it. See Hosea 7:9 . Some of our greatest spiritual experiences may be like sunrise or sunset. “There is no speech nor language; their voice is not heard,” but the effect, for good or ill, soon shows itself. We may be... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Judges 16:1-31

Here we have the sad and awful account of Samson's relapse and final fall. He went to Gaza. It is easy to imagine how much there must have been in Gaza which should have appealed to one acting for the fulfillment of the divine purpose. There were idolatries and evil things against which he should have flung himself in force. But he did not. He was still swayed by the strength of his animal nature, and the tragic sentence is written, ". . . Samson went to Gaza, and saw there a harlot." In the... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 16:29

‘ And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars, on which the house rested, and leaned on them, the one with his right hand and the other with his left.’ The pillars were probably wooden pillars on stone bases. Thus they could be slid off their bases and would then cease to satisfactorily fulfil their function of holding up the roof which was already overloaded and unstable, and on which were large numbers of excited people. Samson apparently took hold of both with the intention of dragging... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 16:23-31

Judges 16:23-Obadiah : . The Death of Samson.— Dagon, the god of the Philistines, had been worshipped in the Maritime Plain long before their coming. They adopted the god of the district, just as many Israelites learned to worship the Baals of Canaan. One of the Amarna letter-writers was called Dagon-takala. There is still a Beit Dajan near Joppa, and another near Nâ blû s. Judges 16:24 . In the Heb. the words “ Our god . . . many of us” form a rhymed five-line song, each short line ending in... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Judges 16:29

Quest. How could so great a building, containing so many thousands of people, rest upon two pillars so near placed together? Here infidels triumph, as if they had got an unanswerable argument against the truth of the Scriptures. But it is a far more incredible and ridiculous thing to imagine that the penman of this book should feign such a circumstance as this is, if it had been false, whereby he would have utterly overthrown the credit of the whole book; and that he should do this before a... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Judges 16:1-31

(Judges 16:1-31.)SAMSON’S FALL, CAPTIVITY AND DEATHCRITICAL NOTES.— Judges 16:1. Then.] And—without fixing the time. A long gap stands between the events of the two previous chapters and those of the present one. Those refer to the early public life of the hero, afterwards many stirring events may have taken place which are not recorded, and now we have (certainly from Judges 16:4) in this chapter an account of the closing scene. We are to understand him as reappearing after a term of silence,... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Judges 16:1-31

Judges 13:16 I. We must first ask what principles, regarding the way in which God works deliverance for man, were taught by Samson. (1) The first principle impressed on the minds of his contemporaries must have been, that, "in a state of universal depression, all must ultimately depend on the indomitable strength which is aroused in individuals." Samson was qualified by his natural gifts to stand alone, and to hearten the people, and give them more courageous and hopeful thoughts. His name,... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Judges 16:1-31

Chapter 16Now his second encounter, going down again to the Philistines. And this time to the city of Gaza, which is on the south coast of the territory of the Philistines, south from Ashdod and Ashkelon. And the purpose of going to Gaza was actually to go in unto a prostitute. And the people in Gaza, the men, were told that Samson was there in town.So they circled him and they set an ambush for him and they locked the gates of the city and they said, "We'll wait until morning and when he goes... read more