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The Death of Samson

23 The Philistine kings met together to celebrate and offer a great sacrifice to their god Dagon. They sang, “Our god has given us victory over our enemy Samson!” 24-25 They were enjoying themselves, and so they said, “Call Samson, and let's make him entertain us!”[a] When they brought Samson out of the prison, they made him entertain them[b] and made him stand between the columns. When the people saw him, they sang praise to their god: “Our god has given us victory over our enemy, who devastated our land and killed so many of us!”

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 16:24 make him entertain us; or make fun of him.
  2. Judges 16:24 made him entertain them; or made fun of him.

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