WEBVTT NOTE This file was generated by Descript 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.140 Ethan: Welcome to Immerse: the daily bible reading experience. 00:00:03.257 --> 00:00:04.667 Day 100 and 78 00:00:05.148 --> 00:00:09.078 Again, the Israelites did evil in the Lord's sight, so the Lord 00:00:09.078 --> 00:00:13.158 handed them over to the Philistines who oppressed them for 40 years. 00:00:14.238 --> 00:00:19.098 In those days, a man named Manoa from the tribe of Dan lived in the town of Zora. 00:00:19.788 --> 00:00:23.508 His wife was unable to become pregnant, and they had no children. 00:00:24.348 --> 00:00:29.103 The angel of the Lord appeared to Manoa's wife and said, Even though you have been 00:00:29.103 --> 00:00:34.113 unable to have children, you will soon become pregnant and give birth to a son. 00:00:34.863 --> 00:00:35.793 So be careful. 00:00:36.123 --> 00:00:39.093 You must not drink wine or any other alcoholic drink, 00:00:39.573 --> 00:00:41.073 nor eat any forbidden food. 00:00:41.763 --> 00:00:45.423 You will become pregnant and give birth to a son and his 00:00:45.423 --> 00:00:47.913 hair must never be caught for. 00:00:47.943 --> 00:00:51.093 He will be dedicated to God as a nazarite from birth. 00:00:51.753 --> 00:00:54.693 He will begin to rescue Israel from the Philistines. 00:00:55.983 --> 00:01:00.093 The woman ran and told her husband, A man of God appeared to me. 00:01:00.573 --> 00:01:03.933 He looked like one of God's angels terrifying to see. 00:01:04.833 --> 00:01:08.223 I didn't ask where he was from and he didn't tell me his name, 00:01:08.883 --> 00:01:13.173 but he told me, you'll become pregnant and give birth to his son. 00:01:14.043 --> 00:01:17.883 You must not drink wine or any other alcoholic drink, nor eat any 00:01:17.883 --> 00:01:22.503 forbidden food for your son will be dedicated to God as a nazarite 00:01:22.923 --> 00:01:24.213 from the moment of his birth. 00:01:24.783 --> 00:01:26.163 Until the day of his death. 00:01:27.333 --> 00:01:32.793 Then Manoa prayed to the Lord, saying, Lord, please let the man of God come back 00:01:32.798 --> 00:01:37.443 to us again and give us more instructions about this son who is to be born. 00:01:38.733 --> 00:01:42.963 God answered Manoa's prayer and the angel of God appeared once again to 00:01:42.963 --> 00:01:47.373 his wife as she was sitting in the field, but her husband Manoa was not 00:01:47.373 --> 00:01:52.263 with her, so she quickly ran and told her husband, the man who appeared 00:01:52.263 --> 00:01:54.093 to me the other day is here again. 00:01:55.113 --> 00:01:58.743 Manoa ran back with his wife and asked, are you the man who 00:01:58.743 --> 00:02:00.243 spoke to my wife the other day? 00:02:01.023 --> 00:02:03.663 Yes, he replied, I am. 00:02:04.413 --> 00:02:09.243 So Manoa asked him when your words come true, what kind of rules should 00:02:09.243 --> 00:02:11.133 govern the boy's life and work? 00:02:11.553 --> 00:02:16.443 The angel of the Lord replied, be sure your wife follows 00:02:16.443 --> 00:02:17.763 the instructions I gave her. 00:02:18.288 --> 00:02:23.058 She must not eat grapes or raisins, drink wine or any other alcoholic 00:02:23.058 --> 00:02:25.188 drink or eat any forbidden food. 00:02:26.178 --> 00:02:30.888 Then Manoa said to the angel of the Lord, please stay here until we can 00:02:30.888 --> 00:02:32.658 prepare a young goat for you to eat. 00:02:33.738 --> 00:02:34.608 I will stay. 00:02:34.758 --> 00:02:38.478 The angel of the Lord replied, but I will not eat anything. 00:02:39.228 --> 00:02:43.608 However, you may prepare a burnt offering that's a sacrifice to the Lord. 00:02:44.688 --> 00:02:47.448 Manoa didn't realize it was the angel of the Lord. 00:02:47.448 --> 00:02:47.508 I. 00:02:48.483 --> 00:02:52.353 Then Manoa asked the angel of the Lord, what is your name 00:02:52.923 --> 00:02:54.453 for when all this comes true? 00:02:54.663 --> 00:02:55.833 We want to honor you. 00:02:57.033 --> 00:02:58.443 Why do you ask my name? 00:02:58.773 --> 00:03:03.993 The angel of the Lord replied, it is too wonderful for you to understand. 00:03:05.643 --> 00:03:09.453 Then Manoa took a young goat and a grain offering and offered it on 00:03:09.453 --> 00:03:14.373 a rock as a sacrifice to the Lord, and as Manoa and his wife watched, 00:03:14.643 --> 00:03:16.593 the Lord did an amazing thing. 00:03:17.853 --> 00:03:21.843 As the flames from the altar shot up toward the sky, the angel of 00:03:21.843 --> 00:03:23.853 the Lord ascended in the fire. 00:03:24.933 --> 00:03:29.523 When Manoa and his wife saw this, they fell with their faces to the ground. 00:03:30.933 --> 00:03:35.883 The angel did not appear again to Manoa and his wife Manoa finally 00:03:35.913 --> 00:03:38.043 realized it was the angel of the Lord. 00:03:38.373 --> 00:03:45.183 And he said to his wife, we will certainly die for we have seen God, but 00:03:45.183 --> 00:03:49.683 his wife said, If the Lord were going to kill us, he wouldn't have accepted 00:03:49.683 --> 00:03:51.723 our burnt offering and grain offering. 00:03:52.563 --> 00:03:55.263 He wouldn't have appeared to us and told us this wonderful 00:03:55.263 --> 00:03:57.753 thing and done these miracles. 00:03:59.283 --> 00:04:04.833 When her son was born, she named him Samson and the Lord blessed him as 00:04:04.863 --> 00:04:09.603 he grew up and the spirit of the Lord began to stir him while he lived in 00:04:09.603 --> 00:04:14.433 Mayhan aan, which is located between the towns of Zora and Ashdale. 00:04:15.903 --> 00:04:20.433 One day when Samson was in Timnah, one of the Philistine women caught his eye. 00:04:21.273 --> 00:04:25.353 When he returned home, he told his father and mother, a young Philistine 00:04:25.353 --> 00:04:27.453 woman in Timnah caught my eye. 00:04:28.083 --> 00:04:30.333 I want to marry her, get her for me. 00:04:31.443 --> 00:04:33.033 His father and mother objected. 00:04:33.753 --> 00:04:37.383 Isn't there even one woman in our tribe, or among all the 00:04:37.383 --> 00:04:38.793 Israelites you could marry? 00:04:38.823 --> 00:04:43.203 They asked, why must you go to the pagan Philistines to find a wife? 00:04:44.283 --> 00:04:47.163 Samson told his father, get her for me. 00:04:47.223 --> 00:04:48.543 She looks good to me. 00:04:49.683 --> 00:04:52.953 His father and mother didn't realize the Lord was at work in this. 00:04:53.493 --> 00:04:57.333 Creating an opportunity to work against the Philistines who ruled over 00:04:57.333 --> 00:05:02.313 Israel at that time ass Samson and his parents were going down to Timnah. 00:05:02.823 --> 00:05:06.713 A young lion suddenly attacked Samson near the vineyards of Timnah. 00:05:07.668 --> 00:05:12.168 At that moment, the spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon him and he ripped 00:05:12.168 --> 00:05:14.748 the lion's jaws apart with his bare hands. 00:05:15.438 --> 00:05:19.788 He did it as easily as if it were a young goat, but he didn't tell 00:05:19.788 --> 00:05:21.438 his father or mother about it. 00:05:22.638 --> 00:05:25.968 When Samson arrived in Timnah, he talked with the woman and 00:05:25.998 --> 00:05:27.258 was very pleased with her. 00:05:29.118 --> 00:05:33.168 Later when he returned Tona for the wedding, he turned off the path to 00:05:33.168 --> 00:05:34.548 look at the carcass of the lion. 00:05:35.343 --> 00:05:38.733 And he found that a swarm of bees had made some honey in the carcass. 00:05:39.693 --> 00:05:43.233 He scooped some of the honey into his hands and ate it along the way. 00:05:44.013 --> 00:05:47.073 He also gave some to his father and mother, and they ate 00:05:47.073 --> 00:05:48.753 it, but he didn't tell them. 00:05:48.753 --> 00:05:53.853 He had taken the honey from the carcass of the lion as his father was making 00:05:53.853 --> 00:05:55.383 final arrangements for the marriage. 00:05:55.803 --> 00:06:00.213 Samson threw a party at Timnah as was the custom for elite young men. 00:06:01.233 --> 00:06:04.863 When the bride's parents saw him, they selected 30 young men from 00:06:04.863 --> 00:06:06.423 the town to be his companions. 00:06:07.793 --> 00:06:10.653 S Samson said to them, let me tell you a riddle. 00:06:11.253 --> 00:06:14.853 If you solve my riddle during these seven days of the celebration, I 00:06:14.853 --> 00:06:19.533 will give you 30 fine linen robes and 30 sets of festive clothing. 00:06:19.533 --> 00:06:24.633 But if you can't solve it, then you must give me 30 fine linen robes 00:06:24.843 --> 00:06:26.703 and 30 sets of festive clothing. 00:06:27.753 --> 00:06:28.233 All right. 00:06:28.233 --> 00:06:28.863 They agreed. 00:06:29.433 --> 00:06:30.483 Let's hear your riddle. 00:06:31.293 --> 00:06:36.543 So he said outta the one who eats came something to eat outta 00:06:36.548 --> 00:06:38.853 the strong came something sweet. 00:06:40.683 --> 00:06:43.173 Three days later, they were still trying to figure it out. 00:06:43.923 --> 00:06:48.603 On the fourth day, they said to Samson's wife, entice your husband to explain 00:06:48.603 --> 00:06:52.383 the riddle for us, or We will burn down your father's house with you in it. 00:06:53.253 --> 00:06:56.073 Did you invite us to this party just to make us poor? 00:06:57.348 --> 00:07:01.998 So Samson's wife came to him in tears and said, you don't love me. 00:07:02.268 --> 00:07:03.168 You hate me. 00:07:03.888 --> 00:07:07.548 You have given my people a riddle, but you haven't told me the answer. 00:07:08.898 --> 00:07:11.658 I haven't even given the answer to my father or mother. 00:07:11.658 --> 00:07:14.298 He replied, why should I tell you? 00:07:15.438 --> 00:07:18.738 So she cried whenever she was with him and kept it up for 00:07:18.738 --> 00:07:19.998 the rest of the celebration. 00:07:21.123 --> 00:07:25.743 At last, on the seventh day, he told her the answer because she was tormenting him. 00:07:25.743 --> 00:07:26.583 With her nagging. 00:07:27.303 --> 00:07:29.313 Then she explained the riddle to the young men. 00:07:30.483 --> 00:07:33.903 So before sunset of the seventh day, the men of the town came 00:07:33.903 --> 00:07:35.313 to Samson with their answer. 00:07:36.753 --> 00:07:38.103 What is sweeter than honey? 00:07:38.853 --> 00:07:40.743 What is stronger than a lion? 00:07:41.883 --> 00:07:46.263 Samson replied, if you hadn't plowed with my heifer, you 00:07:46.263 --> 00:07:47.703 wouldn't have solved my riddle. 00:07:49.008 --> 00:07:51.768 Then the spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon him. 00:07:52.608 --> 00:07:57.558 He went down to the town of Ashkelon, killed 30 men, took their belongings 00:07:58.098 --> 00:08:00.678 and gave their clothing to the men who had solved his riddle. 00:08:01.668 --> 00:08:05.508 But Samson was furious about what had happened, and he went back home 00:08:05.508 --> 00:08:07.068 to live with his father and mother. 00:08:07.938 --> 00:08:11.058 So his wife was given a marriage to the man who had been Samson's 00:08:11.058 --> 00:08:12.498 best man at the wedding. 00:08:14.073 --> 00:08:16.983 Later on during the wheat harvest, Samson took a young 00:08:16.983 --> 00:08:18.573 goat as a present to his wife. 00:08:18.993 --> 00:08:22.833 He said, I'm going into my wife's room to sleep with her, but 00:08:22.833 --> 00:08:24.183 her father wouldn't let him in. 00:08:25.173 --> 00:08:27.033 I truly thought, you must hate her. 00:08:27.423 --> 00:08:31.293 Her father explained, so I gave her in marriage to your best man. 00:08:32.043 --> 00:08:36.063 But look, her younger sister is even more beautiful than she is. 00:08:36.543 --> 00:08:40.023 Marry her instead, Samson said. 00:08:40.848 --> 00:08:43.698 This time I cannot be blamed for everything I'm going 00:08:43.698 --> 00:08:45.168 to do to EU Philistines. 00:08:46.458 --> 00:08:49.008 Then he went out and caught 300 foxes. 00:08:49.488 --> 00:08:54.318 He tied their tails together in pairs, and he fastened a torch to each pair of tails. 00:08:55.068 --> 00:08:58.188 Then he let the torches and let the foxes run through the 00:08:58.188 --> 00:08:59.898 grain fields of the Philistines. 00:09:00.828 --> 00:09:05.508 He burned all their grain to the ground, including the sheaves and the uncut grain. 00:09:06.258 --> 00:09:08.868 He also destroyed their vineyards and olive groves. 00:09:09.738 --> 00:09:10.788 Who did this? 00:09:11.028 --> 00:09:16.818 The Philistines demanded Samson was the reply because his father-in-law 00:09:16.818 --> 00:09:20.058 from Timnah gave Samson's wife to be married to his best man. 00:09:21.048 --> 00:09:25.908 So the Philistines went and got the woman and her father and burned them to death. 00:09:27.198 --> 00:09:32.688 Because you did this, Samson vowed, I won't rest until I take my revenge on you. 00:09:33.708 --> 00:09:37.788 So he attacked the Philistines with great fury and killed many of them. 00:09:38.403 --> 00:09:44.403 Then he went to live in a cave in the Rock of Eden, the Philistines retaliated 00:09:44.643 --> 00:09:48.423 by setting up camp in Judah and spreading out near the town of Lehigh. 00:09:49.473 --> 00:09:53.463 The man of Judah asked the Philistines, why are you attacking us? 00:09:55.023 --> 00:09:58.863 The Philistines replied, we've come to capture Sampson. 00:09:59.223 --> 00:10:01.803 We've come to pay him back for what he did to us. 00:10:03.393 --> 00:10:08.283 3000 men of Judah went down to get Samson at the cave in the Rock of Eden. 00:10:08.883 --> 00:10:13.353 They said to Samson, don't you realize the Philistines rule over us? 00:10:14.013 --> 00:10:15.453 What are you doing to us? 00:10:16.233 --> 00:10:21.693 But Samson replied, I only did to them what they did to me, but the man of 00:10:21.723 --> 00:10:26.733 Judah told him, we have come to tie you up and hand you over to the Philistines. 00:10:27.723 --> 00:10:32.133 Alright, s Samson said, but promise that you won't kill me yourselves. 00:10:33.048 --> 00:10:35.988 We will only tie you up and hand you over to the Philistines. 00:10:36.018 --> 00:10:38.328 They replied, we won't kill you. 00:10:39.108 --> 00:10:43.008 So they tied him up with two new ropes and brought him up from the rock. 00:10:44.208 --> 00:10:48.408 As Samson arrived at Lehigh, the Philistines came shouting and triumph, 00:10:49.128 --> 00:10:53.898 but the spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon Samson and he snapped the ropes on 00:10:53.898 --> 00:10:58.638 his arms as if they were burnt strands of flax, and they fell from his wrists. 00:10:59.718 --> 00:11:02.478 Then he found the jawbone of a recently killed donkey. 00:11:03.168 --> 00:11:06.408 He picked it up and killed 1000 Philistines with it. 00:11:06.918 --> 00:11:11.808 Then s Samson said with the jawbone of a donkey, I've piled them in 00:11:11.813 --> 00:11:14.448 heaps with the jawbone of a donkey. 00:11:14.898 --> 00:11:16.698 I've killed a thousand men. 00:11:17.748 --> 00:11:21.438 When he finished his boasting, he threw away the jawbone and 00:11:21.438 --> 00:11:23.568 the place was named Jawbone Hill. 00:11:24.918 --> 00:11:28.578 Sampson was now very thirsty and he cried out to the Lord. 00:11:29.238 --> 00:11:33.018 You have accomplished this great victory by the strength of your 00:11:33.018 --> 00:11:38.028 servant, must I now die of thirst and fall into the hands of these pagans. 00:11:39.108 --> 00:11:42.768 So God caused water to gush out of a hollow in the ground at Lehigh 00:11:43.518 --> 00:11:45.678 and Samson was revived as he drank. 00:11:46.518 --> 00:11:51.228 Then he named that place the spring of the one who cried out, and it 00:11:51.228 --> 00:11:52.968 is still in Lehigh to this day. 00:11:54.438 --> 00:11:58.218 Samson judged Israel for 20 years during the period when the 00:11:58.218 --> 00:11:59.988 Philistines dominated the land. 00:12:01.548 --> 00:12:05.028 One day, s Samson went to the Philistine town of Gaza and spent 00:12:05.028 --> 00:12:06.138 the night with a prostitute. 00:12:07.128 --> 00:12:09.138 Word soon spread that Samson was there. 00:12:09.348 --> 00:12:13.428 So the men of Gaza gathered together and waited all night at the town gates. 00:12:14.238 --> 00:12:18.078 They kept quiet during the night saying to themselves, when the light 00:12:18.078 --> 00:12:20.208 of morning comes, we will kill him. 00:12:21.588 --> 00:12:23.898 Sampson stayed in bed only until midnight. 00:12:24.678 --> 00:12:28.638 Then he got up, took hold of the doors of the town gate, including the two 00:12:28.638 --> 00:12:31.818 posts and lifted them up bar and all. 00:12:32.538 --> 00:12:36.228 He put them on his shoulders and carried them all the way to the top of the hill. 00:12:36.228 --> 00:12:37.278 Across from Hebron. 00:12:38.838 --> 00:12:42.318 Sometime later, Sampson fell in love with a woman named Delilah, 00:12:42.918 --> 00:12:44.028 who lived in the valley of Soak. 00:12:45.498 --> 00:12:49.683 The rulers of the Philistines went to her and said, Entice s Samson to tell 00:12:49.683 --> 00:12:54.303 you what makes him so strong and how he can be overpowered and tied up securely. 00:12:55.053 --> 00:12:58.473 Then each of us will give you 1100 pieces of silver. 00:12:59.793 --> 00:13:04.833 So Delilah said to Samson, please tell me what makes you so strong and what 00:13:04.833 --> 00:13:06.783 it would take to tie you up securely. 00:13:07.693 --> 00:13:12.573 S Samson replied, if I were tied up with seven new boast rings that 00:13:12.573 --> 00:13:16.473 have not yet been dried, I would become as weak as anyone else. 00:13:17.718 --> 00:13:20.838 The Philistine rulers brought Delilah seven new bow strings, 00:13:21.348 --> 00:13:22.968 and she tied Samson up with them. 00:13:23.688 --> 00:13:25.758 She had hidden some men in one of the inner rooms of 00:13:25.758 --> 00:13:27.528 her house, and she cried out. 00:13:27.978 --> 00:13:33.138 Samson, the Philistines have come to capture you, but Samson snapped the 00:13:33.143 --> 00:13:36.858 bow strings as a piece of strings snaps when it has burned by a fire. 00:13:37.848 --> 00:13:39.978 So the secret of his strength was not discovered. 00:13:41.568 --> 00:13:46.608 Afterward, Delilah said to him, you've been making fun of me and telling me lies. 00:13:47.208 --> 00:13:50.088 Now please tell me how you can be tied up securely. 00:13:51.068 --> 00:13:56.148 S Samson replied, if I were tied up with brand new ropes that had never been used, 00:13:56.658 --> 00:13:58.548 I would become as weak as anyone else. 00:13:59.468 --> 00:14:02.178 So Delilah took new ropes and tied him up with him. 00:14:03.198 --> 00:14:06.198 The men were hiding in the inner room as before, and again, 00:14:06.198 --> 00:14:08.148 Delilah cried out Sampson. 00:14:08.478 --> 00:14:13.308 The Philistines have come to capture you, but again, S Samson snapped the ropes 00:14:13.308 --> 00:14:15.318 from his arms as if they were thread. 00:14:16.488 --> 00:14:20.538 Then Delilah said, you've been making fun of me and telling me lies. 00:14:21.168 --> 00:14:23.728 Now tell me how you can be tied up securely. 00:14:25.263 --> 00:14:29.493 Sampson replied, if you were to weave the seven braids of my hair 00:14:29.493 --> 00:14:33.963 into the fabric on your loom and tighten it with the loom shuttle, I 00:14:33.963 --> 00:14:35.913 would become as weak as anyone else. 00:14:37.233 --> 00:14:41.763 So while he slept, Delilah wove the seven braids of his hair into the fabric. 00:14:42.213 --> 00:14:45.003 Then she tightened it with the loom shuttle again. 00:14:45.003 --> 00:14:45.663 She cried out. 00:14:46.263 --> 00:14:46.683 S Samson. 00:14:47.013 --> 00:14:48.813 The Philistines have come to capture you. 00:14:49.863 --> 00:14:54.093 But Samson woke up, pulled back the loom shuttle and yanked his hair 00:14:54.093 --> 00:14:55.923 away from the loom and the fabric. 00:14:56.913 --> 00:14:58.473 Then Delilah pouted. 00:14:59.343 --> 00:15:03.633 How can you tell me I love you when you don't share your secrets with me. 00:15:04.443 --> 00:15:08.013 You've made fun of me three times now, and you still haven't told me. 00:15:08.013 --> 00:15:09.333 What makes you so strong? 00:15:10.383 --> 00:15:14.553 She tormented him with her nagging day after day until 00:15:14.553 --> 00:15:15.753 he was sick to death of it. 00:15:16.908 --> 00:15:18.918 Finally, Samson shared his secret with her. 00:15:20.148 --> 00:15:21.978 My hair has never been cut. 00:15:22.248 --> 00:15:26.868 He confessed for, I was dedicated to God as a nazarite from birth. 00:15:27.678 --> 00:15:31.728 If my head were shaved, my strength would leave me and I would 00:15:31.728 --> 00:15:33.618 become as weak as anyone else. 00:15:34.878 --> 00:15:38.448 Delilah realized he had finally told her the truth, so she 00:15:38.448 --> 00:15:40.038 sent for the Philistine rulers. 00:15:40.728 --> 00:15:42.348 Come back one more time. 00:15:42.348 --> 00:15:45.408 She said for he has finally told me his secret. 00:15:46.488 --> 00:15:49.488 So the Philistine rulers returned with the money in their hands. 00:15:50.778 --> 00:15:55.548 Delilah lulled Sampson to sleep with his head and her lap, and then 00:15:55.548 --> 00:15:58.788 she called in a Amanda to shave off the seven locks of his hair. 00:15:59.658 --> 00:16:04.068 In this way, she began to bring him down and his strength left him. 00:16:04.758 --> 00:16:09.348 Then she cried out s Samson, the Philistines have come to capture you. 00:16:10.428 --> 00:16:15.018 When he woke up, he thought, I will do his before and shake myself free. 00:16:15.018 --> 00:16:15.078 I. 00:16:16.128 --> 00:16:21.078 He didn't realize the Lord had left him, so the Philistines captured 00:16:21.078 --> 00:16:23.358 him and gouged out his eyes. 00:16:24.048 --> 00:16:28.668 They took him to Gaza where he was bound with bronze chains and forced to 00:16:28.668 --> 00:16:34.908 grind grain in the prison, but before long, his hair began to grow back. 00:16:36.378 --> 00:16:40.338 The Philistine rulers held a great festival offering sacrifices 00:16:40.338 --> 00:16:42.528 and praising their God Day gone. 00:16:43.098 --> 00:16:46.728 They said, our God has given us victory over our enemy. 00:16:46.728 --> 00:16:52.338 Samson, when the people saw him, they praised their God saying, our 00:16:52.343 --> 00:16:54.408 God has delivered our enemy to us. 00:16:54.828 --> 00:16:58.758 The one who killed so many of us is now in our power. 00:16:59.733 --> 00:17:05.193 Half drunk by now, the people demanded bring out S Samson so he can amuse us. 00:17:06.303 --> 00:17:10.203 So he was brought from the prison to amuse them, and they had him stand 00:17:10.203 --> 00:17:11.853 between the pillars supporting the roof. 00:17:13.083 --> 00:17:15.693 Samson said to the young servant who was leading him by the 00:17:15.698 --> 00:17:19.923 hand place my hands against the pillars that hold up the temple. 00:17:20.253 --> 00:17:21.753 I want to rest against them. 00:17:22.773 --> 00:17:22.953 Now. 00:17:22.953 --> 00:17:24.993 The temple was completely filled with people. 00:17:25.443 --> 00:17:27.453 All the Philistine rulers were there. 00:17:27.993 --> 00:17:31.233 And there were about 3000 men and women on the roof who were 00:17:31.233 --> 00:17:33.273 watching as Samson amuse them. 00:17:34.203 --> 00:17:40.233 Then Samson prayed to the Lord, sovereign Lord, remember me again. 00:17:41.013 --> 00:17:47.133 Oh God, please strengthen me just one more time with one blow. 00:17:47.493 --> 00:17:50.793 Let me pay back the Philistines for the loss of my two eyes. 00:17:52.203 --> 00:17:55.713 Then Sampson put his hands on the two center pillars that held up the temple. 00:17:56.553 --> 00:17:58.293 Pushing against them with both hands. 00:17:58.293 --> 00:18:04.203 He prayed, let Me Die with the Philistines, and the temple crashed 00:18:04.203 --> 00:18:08.463 down on the Philistine rulers and all the people, so he killed 00:18:08.468 --> 00:18:12.423 more people when he died than he had during his entire lifetime. 00:18:14.073 --> 00:18:17.193 Later, his brothers and other relatives went down to get his body. 00:18:18.123 --> 00:18:23.343 They took him back home and buried him between Zora and Estel, where 00:18:23.348 --> 00:18:24.903 his father Manoa was buried. 00:18:26.073 --> 00:18:29.043 Sampson had judged Israel for 20 years. 00:18:30.333 --> 00:18:33.183 This concludes today's immerse reading experience. 00:18:33.333 --> 00:18:34.563 Thank you for joining us.