Commentaries Dictionaries Concordances

The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

Judges 16:28-30

JUDGES—NOTE ON Judges 16:28 Samson demonstrated faith by calling upon God and believing that God would help him (see Hebrews 11:32). However, Samson seems to have desired God’s help more for personal revenge than for the protection of God’s people. two middle pillars. A Philistine temple discovered from the period of the judges had two central pillars to support the roof of the entire structure. Canaanite and Israelite temples did not use that design.

⇐ ⇔ ⇒
Continues after advertising

See also Judges 16:28-30 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Judges 16:28. _SAMSON CALLED UNTO THE LORD_] It was in consequence of his _faith_ in God that he should be strengthened to overthrow his enemies and the enemies of his country, that he is mentio...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 16 DELILAH, AND SAMSON _ 1. In Gaza (Judges 16:1)_ 2. Delilah and her victory over him (Judges 16:4) 3. The captive of the Philistines (Judges 16:21) 4. The feast of Dagon and Samson's dea...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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 wor...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    LORD GOD. Adonai Jehovah. App-4....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Samson and Delîlah: his ruin and famous end_ 4 _.the valley of Sorek_ Now Wâdi eṣ-Ṣarâr, a broad valley narrowing as it rises towards the Judaean highlands; the railway from Jaffa to Jerusalem ascend...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _that I may be at once avenged_ A questionable rendering; follow the mg., THAT I MAY BE AVENGED … FOR ONE OF MY TWO EYES. The grim humour of the words, as Moore points out, is altogether in character....

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 275 SAMSON’S CHARACTER AND END Judges 16:28._ And Samson called unto the Lord, and said, O Lord God, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    AND SAMSON CALLED UNTO THE LORD, &C.— We must always consider Samson in the light of an extraordinary person, immediately raised up by God for the chastisement of the Philistines. In this view his dea...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _The Death of Samson Judges 16:23-31_ 23 Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said, Our god hath deliv...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND SAMSON CALLED UNTO THE LORD, AND SAID, O LORD GOD, REMEMBER ME, I PRAY THEE, AND STRENGTHEN ME, I PRAY THEE, ONLY THIS ONCE, O GOD, THAT I MAY BE AT ONCE AVENGED OF THE PHILISTINES FOR MY TWO EYE...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    SAMSON'S ESCAPE FROM GAZA. DELILAH'S TREACHERY. SAMSON'S DEATH 1-3. Samson and Gaza....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    MY TWO EYES] RM 'for one of my two eyes.' A stroke of grim humour quite in keeping, at this supreme moment, with the character of Samson....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    LIFE WITHOUT LAW JUDGES _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 16 V1 One day Samson went to Gaza. There he saw a woman that sold sex. He went to spend the night with her. V2 The people heard that Samson had come...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    O LORD GOD... O GOD. — Three names of God — Adonai, Jehovah, Elohim. THAT I MAY BE AT ONCE AVENGED OF THE PHILISTINES. — Again we see that Samson stood at a comparatively low level of spiritual enligh...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יִּקְרָ֥א שִׁמְשֹׁ֛ון אֶל ־יְהוָ֖ה וַ יֹּא

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    THE VALLEY OF SOREK AND OF DEATH Judges 16:4 THE strong bold man who has blindly fought his battles and sold himself to the traitress and to the enemy, "Eyeless in Gaza at the mill with slaves," the...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    DYING WITH THE PHILISTINES Judges 16:15 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 w...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    Later, the Philistines brought him to the temple of their god Dagon where about 3,000 were gathered to celebrate the victory he had given them over their enemy. Samson, whose hair had now begun to gro...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And Samson called unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once (n) avenged of the Philistines for my two...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Revenge myself. This desire of revenge was out of zeal for justice against the enemies of God and his people; and not out of private rancour and malice of heart. (Challoner) --- He was judge of his pe...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    How wonderful are all the ways and works of God! By what solemn and striking providences, doth the Lord carry on his designs in the world! Samson's triumph was greater in his death, than in all the vi...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    My object being no more than a sketch, as most of you know, I desire to say but a few words on such of the Chapter s as bear a similar character to that which has been already pointed out in the early...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Samson sins again through his intercourse with "the daughter of a strange god"; he connects himself again with women of the Philistines, amongst whom his father's house and the tribe of Dan were place...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND SAMSON CALLED UNTO THE LORD,.... In an ejaculatory manner, by mental prayer; though he might possibly express it aloud, without being heard and observed by the people, amidst their noise and mirth...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And Samson called unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _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 com...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Samson at Gaza escapeth, and carieth away the gates of the city. 4 Delilah corrupted by the Philistines, entiseth Samson. 6 Thrise she is deceiued. 15 At last shee ouercommeth him. 21 The Philis...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE END OF SAMSON...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And Samson, who had repented of his deep fall, CALLED UNTO THE LORD AND SAID, O LORD GOD, REMEMBER ME, I PRAY THEE, AND STRENGTHEN ME, I PRAY THEE, ONLY THIS ONCE, O GOD, THAT I MAY BE AT ONCE AVENGED...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    25-31 Nothing fills up the sins of any person or people faster than mocking and misusing the servants of God, even thought it is by their own folly that they are brought low. God put it into Samson's...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    This prayer was not an act of malice and revenge, but of faith and zeal for God, who was there publicly dishonoured; and justice, in punishing their insolences, and vindicating the whole commonwealth...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Judges 16:28 Samson H8123 called H7121 (H8799) LORD H3068 saying H559 (H8799) Lord H136 GOD H3069 remember...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘ And Samson called to Yahweh, and said, “Oh Lord Yahweh, remember me, I pray you, and strengthen me, I pray you, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eye...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Judges 16:28 I. To lose our vision is the doom of losing our strength. Impaired moral perception is one of the penalties we pay for depraved action. In Samson we behold what weakness everywhere is; i...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Samson and Delilah; his fatal error and his death. CHARACTERS: God, Holy Spirit, Samson, Delilah. CONCLUSION: Beware of Satan who ruins men by rocking them to sleep, flattering them into a...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Judges 16:1. _A harlot,_ at Gaza, one of the five strong cities of Philistia. The Hebrew is the same as Joshua 2., hostess, as some would read, but our version follows the other opinion. Judges 16:3....

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Then went Samson to Gaza._ PLEASURE AND PERIL IN GAZA For what reason did Samson go down to Gaza? We imagine that in default of any excitement such as he craved in the towns of his own land, he turn...

  • The children's great texts of the Bible by James Hastings

    SAMSON Remember me... and strengthen me... only this once. Judges 16:28. There is a game we used to play when I was about your age do you play at it still? I wonder. We used to ask each other questi...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    (Judges 16:1.) SAMSON’S FALL, CAPTIVITY AND DEATH CRITICAL NOTES.— JUDGES 16:1. THEN.] _And_—without fixing the time. A long gap stands between the events of the two previous Chapter s and those of t...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION JUDGES 16:23 GATHERED THEM, _i.e._ themselves. TO REJOICE. The Hebrew _is for a festivity_,_ _or _merry-making_,_ _or _feast. _There was to be a great feast upon the sacrifices offered to...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now 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 t...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Chronicles 20:12; 2 Timothy 4:14; Hebrews 11:32; Jeremiah 15:15;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Samson called — This prayer was not an act of malice and revenge, but of faith and zeal for God, who was there publickly dishonoured; and justice, in vindicating the whole common — wealth of Israel, w...

Continues after advertising