Judges 16:24-30

24 They were enjoying themselves, and so they said, "Call Samson, and let's make him entertain us!" When they brought Samson out of the prison, they made him entertain them 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!"
26 Samson said to the boy who was leading 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, and there were about three thousand men and women on the roof, watching Samson entertain them.
28 Then Samson prayed, "Sovereign Lord, please remember me; please, God, give me my strength just this one time more, so that with this one blow I can get even with the Philistines for putting out my two eyes."
29 So Samson took hold of the two middle columns holding up the building. Putting one hand on each column, he pushed against them
30 and 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.

Footnotes 3

  • [a]. make him entertain us; [or] make fun of him.
  • [b]. made him entertain them; [or] made fun of him.
  • [c]. entertain them; [or] and making fun of him.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.