Judges 16:31

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

His brothers and all his family went down and brought him back. They buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of Manoah his father. He had led Israel for twenty years.

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Referenced Verses

  • Judg 15:20 : 20 Samson led Israel for twenty years during the days of Philistine prominence.
  • Judg 13:2 : 2 There was a man named Manoah from Zorah, from the Danite tribe. His wife was infertile and childless.
  • Judg 13:25 : 25 The LORD’s Spirit began to control him in Mahaneh Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.
  • John 19:39-42 : 39 Nicodemus, the man who had previously come to Jesus at night, accompanied Joseph, carrying a mixture of myrrh and aloes weighing about seventy-five pounds. 40 Then they took Jesus’ body and wrapped it, with the aromatic spices, in strips of linen cloth according to Jewish burial customs. 41 Now at the place where Jesus was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden was a new tomb where no one had yet been buried. 42 And so, because it was the Jewish day of preparation and the tomb was nearby, they placed Jesus’ body there.
  • Josh 19:41 : 41 Their assigned land included Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir Shemesh,

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    29Samson took hold of the two middle pillars that supported the temple and he leaned against them, with his right hand on one and his left hand on the other.

    30Samson said,“Let me die with the Philistines!” He pushed hard and the temple collapsed on the rulers and all the people in it. He killed many more people in his death than he had killed during his life.

  • Judg 15:20
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    20Samson led Israel for twenty years during the days of Philistine prominence.

  • Judg 10:2-3
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    2He led Israel for twenty-three years, then died and was buried in Shamir.

    3Jair the Gileadite rose up after him; he led Israel for twenty-two years.

  • Judg 14:19
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    19The LORD’s Spirit empowered him. He went down to Ashkelon and killed thirty men. He took their clothes and gave them to the men who had solved the riddle. He was furious as he went back home.

  • Judg 12:7-10
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    7Jephthah led Israel for six years; then he died and was buried in his city in Gilead.

    8Order Restored After him Ibzan of Bethlehem led Israel.

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    10then he died and was buried in Bethlehem.

  • Josh 24:30
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    30They buried him in his allotted territory in Timnath Serah in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.

  • Judg 15:11-12
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    11Three thousand men of Judah went down to the cave in the cliff of Etam and said to Samson,“Do you not know that the Philistines rule over us? Why have you done this to us?” He said to them,“I have only done to them what they have done to me.”

    12They said to him,“We have come down to take you prisoner so we can hand you over to the Philistines.” Samson said to them,“Promise me you will not kill me.”

  • Judg 15:6-8
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    6The Philistines asked,“Who did this?” They were told,“Samson, the Timnite’s son-in-law, because the Timnite took Samson’s bride and gave her to his best man.” So the Philistines went up and burned her and her father.

    7Samson said to them,“Because you did this, I will get revenge against you before I quit fighting.”

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  • Judg 8:32
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    32Gideon son of Joash died at a very old age and was buried in the tomb of his father Joash located in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

  • 1 Kgs 13:30-31
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    30He put the body into his own tomb, and they mourned over him, saying,“Ah, my brother!”

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  • Judg 2:9
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    9The people buried him in his allotted land in Timnath Heres in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.

  • 1 Sam 25:1
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    1The Death of Samuel Samuel died, and all Israel assembled and mourned him. They buried him at his home in Ramah. Then David left and went down to the wilderness of Paran.

  • 1 Kgs 22:37
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    37So the king died and was taken to Samaria, where they buried him.

  • Judg 13:24
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    24Manoah’s wife gave birth to a son and named him Samson. The child grew and the LORD empowered him.

  • Judg 14:9-11
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  • 1 Sam 7:15-16
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    15So Samuel led Israel all the days of his life.

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    15He happened to see a solid jawbone of a donkey. He grabbed it and struck down a thousand men.

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    21The Philistines captured him and gouged out his eyes. They brought him down to Gaza and bound him in bronze chains. He became a grinder in the prison.

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    27Now the temple was filled with men and women, and all the rulers of the Philistines were there. There were three thousand men and women on the roof watching Samson entertain.

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    7Samson continued on down to Timnah and spoke to the girl. In his opinion, she was just the right one.