Bible verses about "samson" | NSB

¹³ They said: »We are only going to tie you up and hand you over to them. We will not kill you.« So they tied him up with two new ropes and brought him back from the cliff. ¹⁴ When he got to Lehi, the Philistines shouted and ran toward him. Suddenly Jehovah’s power made him strong. He broke the ropes around his arms and hands as if they were burnt flax. ¹⁵ Samson found a fresh jawbone of a donkey. He picked it up, and killed a thousand men with it. ¹⁶ Then Samson said: »With the jawbone of a donkey I piled them in piles. With the jawbone of a donkey I killed a thousand men.« ¹⁷ When he finished speaking he threw the jawbone away. The place where this happened was named Ramath Lehi.

²¹ The Philistines captured him and put his eyes out. They took him to Gaza, chained him with copper chains. They put him to work grinding at the mill in the prison. ²² His hair grew back. ²³ The Philistine kings met together to offer a great sacrifice to their god Dagon. They rejoiced and said: »Our god gave us victory over our enemy Samson!« ²⁴ They praised their god and said: »Call Samson, and make him entertain us!« They brought Samson out of the prison and they made him entertain them. ²⁵ They forced him to stand between the columns. When the people saw him, they sang praise to their god: »Our god gave us victory over our enemy, who devastated our land and killed so many of us!« ²⁶ Samson said to the boy who led him by the hand: »Let me touch the columns that hold up the building. I want to lean on them.« ²⁷ The building was crowded with men and women. All five Philistine kings were there. There were about three thousand men and women on the roof, watching Samson entertain them. ²⁸ Samson prayed: »Sovereign Lord Jehovah please remember me. Please, God, give me my strength just this one time. With this one blow I can get even with the Philistines for putting out my two eyes.« ²⁹ Then Samson took hold of the two middle columns holding up the building. He put one hand on each column. He pushed against them. ³⁰ Samson shouted: »Let me die with the Philistines!« He pushed with all his might, and the building fell down on the five kings and everyone else. Samson killed more people at his death than he had killed during his life. ³¹ His brothers and the rest of his family came to get his body. They took him back and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of his father Manoah. He had been Israel’s judge for twenty years.

³⁰ Samson shouted: »Let me die with the Philistines!« He pushed with all his might, and the building fell down on the five kings and everyone else. Samson killed more people at his death than he had killed during his life.