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 may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Samson	שִׁמְשׁ֛וֹן shim.Shon	H8123	Shimshon · proper noun, a man's name
called	וַיִּקְרָ֥א vai.yik.Ra'	H7121	to call out to (i.e. properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
LORD	יְהוָ֖ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
said	וַיֹּאמַ֑ר vai.yo.Mar	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Lord	אֲדֹנָ֣י 'a.do.Nai	H136	the Lord (used as a proper name of God only) · proper noun, a title
GOD	יֱהֹוִ֡ה Yah.weh	H3069	YHWH · proper noun, a title
remember	זָכְרֵ֣נִי za.khe.Re.ni	H2142	properly · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix
strengthen	וְחַזְּקֵ֨נִי ve.cha.ze.Ke.ni	H2388	to fasten upon · conjunction + verb, piel imperative, 2nd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix
once	הַפַּ֤עַם ha.Pa.'am	H6471	a stroke · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
God	הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים ha.'E.lo.Him	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
once	אַחַ֛ת 'a.Chat	H259	properly · noun, common feminine singular absolute
avenged	וְאִנָּקְמָ֧ה ve.'i.na.ke.Mah	H5358	to grudge · conjunction + verb, niphal infinitive construct, 1st person common singular
Philistines	מִפְּלִשְׁתִּֽים mi.pe.lish.Tim	H6430	a Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth · preposition + noun, gentilic masculine plural absolute
two	מִשְּׁתֵ֥י mi.she.Tei	H8147	two · preposition + noun, common feminine dual construct
eyes	עֵינַ֖י 'ei.Nai	H5869	an eye (literally or figuratively) · noun, common feminine dual construct + pronominal suffix

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Jeremiah 15:15 O LORD, thou knowest: remember me, and visit me, and revenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in thy longsuffering: know that for thy…
Lamentations 3:31-32 For the Lord will not cast off for ever:
Psalms 50:15 And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
Psalms 91:15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
Psalms 143:12 And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant.
Revelation 6:10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on th…
Psalms 58:10-11 The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
Jonah 2:1-2 Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish’s belly,

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 16:22–end

Though the last stage of Samson's life was inglorious, and one could wish there were a veil drawn over it, yet this account here given of his death may be allowed to lessen, though it does not quite roll away, the reproach of it; for there was honour in his death. No doubt he greatly repented of his sin, the dishonour he had by it done to God and his forfeiture of the honour God had put upon him; for that God was reconciled to him appears, 1. By the return of the sign of his Nazariteship (Jdg 16:22): His hair began to grow again, as when he was shaven, that is, to be as thick and as long as when it was cut off. It is probable that their general thanksgiving to Dagon was not long deferred, be…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 16:28

Samson called unto the Lord--His penitent and prayerful spirit seems clearly to indicate that this meditated act was not that of a vindictive suicide, and that he regarded himself as putting forth his strength in his capacity of a public magistrate. He must be considered, in fact, as dying for his country's cause. His death was not designed or sought, except as it might be the inevitable consequence of his great effort. His prayer must have been a silent ejaculation, and, from its being revealed to the historian, approved and accepted of God.

John Gill on Judges 16:28

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; and if it was heard, it might only furnish out more ridicule and contempt; and be it as it may, the prayer must have been preserved by the Lord himself, and given by inspiration to the writer of this book; since there were none that heard it that lived to relate it to others, no, not Samson himself: and said, O Lord God, remember me, I pray thee; the office that I bear as judge of Israel, the reproaches cast upon me, and which fall upon thy people, cause, and interest; remember thy lovingkind…

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Dictionary and topics

Dagon — Little fish; diminutive from dag = a fish, the fish-god; the national god of the Philistines (Judg. 16:23). This idol had the body of a fish with the head and hands of a man. It was an…
Gaza — Called also Azzah, which is its Hebrew name (Deut. 2:23; 1 Kings 4:24; Jer. 25:20), strong, a city on the Mediterranean shore, remarkable for its early importance as the chief centre of a great…
Gaza · .Sam — .Sam
Revenge · .By Sam — .By Sam
Samson · his enemies — his enemies

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Judges 16:28

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 16:22–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 16:28

John Gill on Judges 16:28

Dictionary and topics

Judges 16:28

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 16:22–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 16:28

John Gill on Judges 16:28

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Judges 16:22–end

Rashi on Judges 16:28