Judges 16:31

Translations

Modern

Then Samson’s brothers and his father’s family came down, carried him back, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of his father Manoah. And he had judged Israel twenty years.

Traditional

Then his brethren 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 buryingplace of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years.

Literal

And his brothers and all the house of his father came down, and they lifted him and brought him up and buried him between Zorah and between Eshtaol in the tomb of Manoah his father. And He had judged Israel twenty years.

Latin

Descendentes autem fratres ejus et universa cognatio, tulerunt corpus ejus, et sepelierunt inter Saraa et Esthaol in sepulchro patris sui Manue: judicavitque Israël viginti annis.

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Hebrew

English

Then Samson’s brothers and his father’s family came down, carried him back, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of his father Manoah. And he had judged Israel twenty years.

Notes

Judges 16:1–31

This last chapter of Samson's complicated history does not involve his role as a judge. Samson abandoned his calling and eventually lost his gifts. Only in his final encounter, when he prayed to the Lord again, did he regain any of his heroic stature.

Judges 13:1–16:31

Samson, who gets more attention in the book of Judges than any other judge, is more mysterious than Jephthah. Samson shows great inspiration as a leader. He also represents the unstoppable move toward chaos, which shows the need for a more organized society under a godly ruler.

Theme notes and profiles

Samson The Philistines

Events

Related verses

Judges 15:20
And Samson judged Israel for twenty years in the days of the Philistines.
Judges 13:2
Now there was a man from Zorah named Manoah, from the clan of the Danites, whose wife was barren and had no children.
John 19:39–42
Nicodemus, who had previously come to Jesus at night, also brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds.
Judges 13:25
And the Spirit of the LORD began to stir him at Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.
Joshua 19:41
The territory of their inheritance included Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir-shemesh,

People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes Manoah: Father of Samson, from the tribe of Dan

Places

Eshtaol: City allotted to Judah and Dan; associated with Samson Zorah: A town in the Shephelah, home of Samson

Glossary

Delilah Eshtaol Judges, Book of Manoah Philistia, Philistines Samson Tribe of Dan

Topics

Burial: The Right of all Nations Eshtaol: Samson Buried Near Extraordinary Judges: Names of Samson Gaza: Also Called Azzah: Samson Dies At Samson is Blinded by the Philistines and Confined to Hard Labor in Prison Samson: A Judge (Leader, Hero) of Israel Zorah: The City of Samson

Judges 16:31

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