WEBVTT NOTE This file was generated by Descript 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.110 Ethan: Welcome to Immerse: the daily bible reading experience. 00:00:03.260 --> 00:00:04.780 Day 100 and 77 00:00:05.229 --> 00:00:09.159 Again, the Israelites did evil in the Lord's sight, so the Lord 00:00:09.159 --> 00:00:13.239 handed them over to the Philistines who oppressed them for 40 years. 00:00:14.319 --> 00:00:19.179 In those days, a man named Manoa from the tribe of Dan lived in the town of Zora. 00:00:19.869 --> 00:00:23.589 His wife was unable to become pregnant, and they had no children. 00:00:24.429 --> 00:00:29.184 The angel of the Lord appeared to Manoa's wife and said, Even though you have been 00:00:29.184 --> 00:00:34.194 unable to have children, you will soon become pregnant and give birth to a son. 00:00:34.944 --> 00:00:35.874 So be careful. 00:00:36.204 --> 00:00:39.174 You must not drink wine or any other alcoholic drink, 00:00:39.654 --> 00:00:41.154 nor eat any forbidden food. 00:00:41.844 --> 00:00:45.504 You will become pregnant and give birth to a son and his 00:00:45.504 --> 00:00:47.994 hair must never be caught for. 00:00:48.024 --> 00:00:51.174 He will be dedicated to God as a nazarite from birth. 00:00:51.834 --> 00:00:54.774 He will begin to rescue Israel from the Philistines. 00:00:56.064 --> 00:01:00.174 The woman ran and told her husband, A man of God appeared to me. 00:01:00.654 --> 00:01:04.014 He looked like one of God's angels terrifying to see. 00:01:04.914 --> 00:01:08.304 I didn't ask where he was from and he didn't tell me his name, 00:01:08.964 --> 00:01:13.254 but he told me, you'll become pregnant and give birth to his son. 00:01:14.124 --> 00:01:17.964 You must not drink wine or any other alcoholic drink, nor eat any 00:01:17.964 --> 00:01:22.584 forbidden food for your son will be dedicated to God as a nazarite 00:01:23.004 --> 00:01:24.294 from the moment of his birth. 00:01:24.864 --> 00:01:26.244 Until the day of his death. 00:01:27.414 --> 00:01:32.874 Then Manoa prayed to the Lord, saying, Lord, please let the man of God come back 00:01:32.879 --> 00:01:37.524 to us again and give us more instructions about this son who is to be born. 00:01:38.814 --> 00:01:43.044 God answered Manoa's prayer and the angel of God appeared once again to 00:01:43.044 --> 00:01:47.454 his wife as she was sitting in the field, but her husband Manoa was not 00:01:47.454 --> 00:01:52.344 with her, so she quickly ran and told her husband, the man who appeared 00:01:52.344 --> 00:01:54.174 to me the other day is here again. 00:01:55.194 --> 00:01:58.824 Manoa ran back with his wife and asked, are you the man who 00:01:58.824 --> 00:02:00.324 spoke to my wife the other day? 00:02:01.104 --> 00:02:03.744 Yes, he replied, I am. 00:02:04.494 --> 00:02:09.324 So Manoa asked him when your words come true, what kind of rules should 00:02:09.324 --> 00:02:11.214 govern the boy's life and work? 00:02:11.634 --> 00:02:16.524 The angel of the Lord replied, be sure your wife follows 00:02:16.524 --> 00:02:17.844 the instructions I gave her. 00:02:18.369 --> 00:02:23.139 She must not eat grapes or raisins, drink wine or any other alcoholic 00:02:23.139 --> 00:02:25.269 drink or eat any forbidden food. 00:02:26.259 --> 00:02:30.969 Then Manoa said to the angel of the Lord, please stay here until we can 00:02:30.969 --> 00:02:32.739 prepare a young goat for you to eat. 00:02:33.819 --> 00:02:34.689 I will stay. 00:02:34.839 --> 00:02:38.559 The angel of the Lord replied, but I will not eat anything. 00:02:39.309 --> 00:02:43.689 However, you may prepare a burnt offering that's a sacrifice to the Lord. 00:02:44.769 --> 00:02:47.529 Manoa didn't realize it was the angel of the Lord. 00:02:47.529 --> 00:02:47.589 I. 00:02:48.564 --> 00:02:52.434 Then Manoa asked the angel of the Lord, what is your name 00:02:53.004 --> 00:02:54.534 for when all this comes true? 00:02:54.744 --> 00:02:55.914 We want to honor you. 00:02:57.114 --> 00:02:58.524 Why do you ask my name? 00:02:58.854 --> 00:03:04.074 The angel of the Lord replied, it is too wonderful for you to understand. 00:03:05.724 --> 00:03:09.534 Then Manoa took a young goat and a grain offering and offered it on 00:03:09.534 --> 00:03:14.454 a rock as a sacrifice to the Lord, and as Manoa and his wife watched, 00:03:14.724 --> 00:03:16.674 the Lord did an amazing thing. 00:03:17.934 --> 00:03:21.924 As the flames from the altar shot up toward the sky, the angel of 00:03:21.924 --> 00:03:23.934 the Lord ascended in the fire. 00:03:25.014 --> 00:03:29.604 When Manoa and his wife saw this, they fell with their faces to the ground. 00:03:31.014 --> 00:03:35.964 The angel did not appear again to Manoa and his wife Manoa finally 00:03:35.994 --> 00:03:38.124 realized it was the angel of the Lord. 00:03:38.454 --> 00:03:45.264 And he said to his wife, we will certainly die for we have seen God, but 00:03:45.264 --> 00:03:49.764 his wife said, If the Lord were going to kill us, he wouldn't have accepted 00:03:49.764 --> 00:03:51.804 our burnt offering and grain offering. 00:03:52.644 --> 00:03:55.344 He wouldn't have appeared to us and told us this wonderful 00:03:55.344 --> 00:03:57.834 thing and done these miracles. 00:03:59.364 --> 00:04:04.914 When her son was born, she named him Samson and the Lord blessed him as 00:04:04.944 --> 00:04:09.684 he grew up and the spirit of the Lord began to stir him while he lived in 00:04:09.684 --> 00:04:14.514 Mayhan aan, which is located between the towns of Zora and Ashdale. 00:04:15.984 --> 00:04:20.514 One day when Samson was in Timnah, one of the Philistine women caught his eye. 00:04:21.354 --> 00:04:25.434 When he returned home, he told his father and mother, a young Philistine 00:04:25.434 --> 00:04:27.534 woman in Timnah caught my eye. 00:04:28.164 --> 00:04:30.414 I want to marry her, get her for me. 00:04:31.524 --> 00:04:33.114 His father and mother objected. 00:04:33.834 --> 00:04:37.464 Isn't there even one woman in our tribe, or among all the 00:04:37.464 --> 00:04:38.874 Israelites you could marry? 00:04:38.904 --> 00:04:43.284 They asked, why must you go to the pagan Philistines to find a wife? 00:04:44.364 --> 00:04:47.244 Samson told his father, get her for me. 00:04:47.304 --> 00:04:48.624 She looks good to me. 00:04:49.764 --> 00:04:53.034 His father and mother didn't realize the Lord was at work in this. 00:04:53.574 --> 00:04:57.414 Creating an opportunity to work against the Philistines who ruled over 00:04:57.414 --> 00:05:02.394 Israel at that time ass Samson and his parents were going down to Timnah. 00:05:02.904 --> 00:05:06.794 A young lion suddenly attacked Samson near the vineyards of Timnah. 00:05:07.749 --> 00:05:12.249 At that moment, the spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon him and he ripped 00:05:12.249 --> 00:05:14.829 the lion's jaws apart with his bare hands. 00:05:15.519 --> 00:05:19.869 He did it as easily as if it were a young goat, but he didn't tell 00:05:19.869 --> 00:05:21.519 his father or mother about it. 00:05:22.719 --> 00:05:26.049 When Samson arrived in Timnah, he talked with the woman and 00:05:26.079 --> 00:05:27.339 was very pleased with her. 00:05:29.199 --> 00:05:33.249 Later when he returned Tona for the wedding, he turned off the path to 00:05:33.249 --> 00:05:34.629 look at the carcass of the lion. 00:05:35.424 --> 00:05:38.814 And he found that a swarm of bees had made some honey in the carcass. 00:05:39.774 --> 00:05:43.314 He scooped some of the honey into his hands and ate it along the way. 00:05:44.094 --> 00:05:47.154 He also gave some to his father and mother, and they ate 00:05:47.154 --> 00:05:48.834 it, but he didn't tell them. 00:05:48.834 --> 00:05:53.934 He had taken the honey from the carcass of the lion as his father was making 00:05:53.934 --> 00:05:55.464 final arrangements for the marriage. 00:05:55.884 --> 00:06:00.294 Samson threw a party at Timnah as was the custom for elite young men. 00:06:01.314 --> 00:06:04.944 When the bride's parents saw him, they selected 30 young men from 00:06:04.944 --> 00:06:06.504 the town to be his companions. 00:06:07.874 --> 00:06:10.734 S Samson said to them, let me tell you a riddle. 00:06:11.334 --> 00:06:14.934 If you solve my riddle during these seven days of the celebration, I 00:06:14.934 --> 00:06:19.614 will give you 30 fine linen robes and 30 sets of festive clothing. 00:06:19.614 --> 00:06:24.714 But if you can't solve it, then you must give me 30 fine linen robes 00:06:24.924 --> 00:06:26.784 and 30 sets of festive clothing. 00:06:27.834 --> 00:06:28.314 All right. 00:06:28.314 --> 00:06:28.944 They agreed. 00:06:29.514 --> 00:06:30.564 Let's hear your riddle. 00:06:31.374 --> 00:06:36.624 So he said outta the one who eats came something to eat outta 00:06:36.629 --> 00:06:38.934 the strong came something sweet. 00:06:40.764 --> 00:06:43.254 Three days later, they were still trying to figure it out. 00:06:44.004 --> 00:06:48.684 On the fourth day, they said to Samson's wife, entice your husband to explain 00:06:48.684 --> 00:06:52.464 the riddle for us, or We will burn down your father's house with you in it. 00:06:53.334 --> 00:06:56.154 Did you invite us to this party just to make us poor? 00:06:57.429 --> 00:07:02.079 So Samson's wife came to him in tears and said, you don't love me. 00:07:02.349 --> 00:07:03.249 You hate me. 00:07:03.969 --> 00:07:07.629 You have given my people a riddle, but you haven't told me the answer. 00:07:08.979 --> 00:07:11.739 I haven't even given the answer to my father or mother. 00:07:11.739 --> 00:07:14.379 He replied, why should I tell you? 00:07:15.519 --> 00:07:18.819 So she cried whenever she was with him and kept it up for 00:07:18.819 --> 00:07:20.079 the rest of the celebration. 00:07:21.204 --> 00:07:25.824 At last, on the seventh day, he told her the answer because she was tormenting him. 00:07:25.824 --> 00:07:26.664 With her nagging. 00:07:27.384 --> 00:07:29.394 Then she explained the riddle to the young men. 00:07:30.564 --> 00:07:33.984 So before sunset of the seventh day, the men of the town came 00:07:33.984 --> 00:07:35.394 to Samson with their answer. 00:07:36.834 --> 00:07:38.184 What is sweeter than honey? 00:07:38.934 --> 00:07:40.824 What is stronger than a lion? 00:07:41.964 --> 00:07:46.344 Samson replied, if you hadn't plowed with my heifer, you 00:07:46.344 --> 00:07:47.784 wouldn't have solved my riddle. 00:07:49.089 --> 00:07:51.849 Then the spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon him. 00:07:52.689 --> 00:07:57.639 He went down to the town of Ashkelon, killed 30 men, took their belongings 00:07:58.179 --> 00:08:00.759 and gave their clothing to the men who had solved his riddle. 00:08:01.749 --> 00:08:05.589 But Samson was furious about what had happened, and he went back home 00:08:05.589 --> 00:08:07.149 to live with his father and mother. 00:08:08.019 --> 00:08:11.139 So his wife was given a marriage to the man who had been Samson's 00:08:11.139 --> 00:08:12.579 best man at the wedding. 00:08:14.154 --> 00:08:17.064 Later on during the wheat harvest, Samson took a young 00:08:17.064 --> 00:08:18.654 goat as a present to his wife. 00:08:19.074 --> 00:08:22.914 He said, I'm going into my wife's room to sleep with her, but 00:08:22.914 --> 00:08:24.264 her father wouldn't let him in. 00:08:25.254 --> 00:08:27.114 I truly thought, you must hate her. 00:08:27.504 --> 00:08:31.374 Her father explained, so I gave her in marriage to your best man. 00:08:32.124 --> 00:08:36.144 But look, her younger sister is even more beautiful than she is. 00:08:36.624 --> 00:08:40.104 Marry her instead, Samson said. 00:08:40.929 --> 00:08:43.779 This time I cannot be blamed for everything I'm going 00:08:43.779 --> 00:08:45.249 to do to EU Philistines. 00:08:46.539 --> 00:08:49.089 Then he went out and caught 300 foxes. 00:08:49.569 --> 00:08:54.399 He tied their tails together in pairs, and he fastened a torch to each pair of tails. 00:08:55.149 --> 00:08:58.269 Then he let the torches and let the foxes run through the 00:08:58.269 --> 00:08:59.979 grain fields of the Philistines. 00:09:00.909 --> 00:09:05.589 He burned all their grain to the ground, including the sheaves and the uncut grain. 00:09:06.339 --> 00:09:08.949 He also destroyed their vineyards and olive groves. 00:09:09.819 --> 00:09:10.869 Who did this? 00:09:11.109 --> 00:09:16.899 The Philistines demanded Samson was the reply because his father-in-law 00:09:16.899 --> 00:09:20.139 from Timnah gave Samson's wife to be married to his best man. 00:09:21.129 --> 00:09:25.989 So the Philistines went and got the woman and her father and burned them to death. 00:09:27.279 --> 00:09:32.769 Because you did this, Samson vowed, I won't rest until I take my revenge on you. 00:09:33.789 --> 00:09:37.869 So he attacked the Philistines with great fury and killed many of them. 00:09:38.484 --> 00:09:44.484 Then he went to live in a cave in the Rock of Eden, the Philistines retaliated 00:09:44.724 --> 00:09:48.504 by setting up camp in Judah and spreading out near the town of Lehigh. 00:09:49.554 --> 00:09:53.544 The man of Judah asked the Philistines, why are you attacking us? 00:09:55.104 --> 00:09:58.944 The Philistines replied, we've come to capture Sampson. 00:09:59.304 --> 00:10:01.884 We've come to pay him back for what he did to us. 00:10:03.474 --> 00:10:08.364 3000 men of Judah went down to get Samson at the cave in the Rock of Eden. 00:10:08.964 --> 00:10:13.434 They said to Samson, don't you realize the Philistines rule over us? 00:10:14.094 --> 00:10:15.534 What are you doing to us? 00:10:16.314 --> 00:10:21.774 But Samson replied, I only did to them what they did to me, but the man of 00:10:21.804 --> 00:10:26.814 Judah told him, we have come to tie you up and hand you over to the Philistines. 00:10:27.804 --> 00:10:32.214 Alright, s Samson said, but promise that you won't kill me yourselves. 00:10:33.129 --> 00:10:36.069 We will only tie you up and hand you over to the Philistines. 00:10:36.099 --> 00:10:38.409 They replied, we won't kill you. 00:10:39.189 --> 00:10:43.089 So they tied him up with two new ropes and brought him up from the rock. 00:10:44.289 --> 00:10:48.489 As Samson arrived at Lehigh, the Philistines came shouting and triumph, 00:10:49.209 --> 00:10:53.979 but the spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon Samson and he snapped the ropes on 00:10:53.979 --> 00:10:58.719 his arms as if they were burnt strands of flax, and they fell from his wrists. 00:10:59.799 --> 00:11:02.559 Then he found the jawbone of a recently killed donkey. 00:11:03.249 --> 00:11:06.489 He picked it up and killed 1000 Philistines with it. 00:11:06.999 --> 00:11:11.889 Then s Samson said with the jawbone of a donkey, I've piled them in 00:11:11.894 --> 00:11:14.529 heaps with the jawbone of a donkey. 00:11:14.979 --> 00:11:16.779 I've killed a thousand men. 00:11:17.829 --> 00:11:21.519 When he finished his boasting, he threw away the jawbone and 00:11:21.519 --> 00:11:23.649 the place was named Jawbone Hill. 00:11:24.999 --> 00:11:28.659 Sampson was now very thirsty and he cried out to the Lord. 00:11:29.319 --> 00:11:33.099 You have accomplished this great victory by the strength of your 00:11:33.099 --> 00:11:38.109 servant, must I now die of thirst and fall into the hands of these pagans. 00:11:39.189 --> 00:11:42.849 So God caused water to gush out of a hollow in the ground at Lehigh 00:11:43.599 --> 00:11:45.759 and Samson was revived as he drank. 00:11:46.599 --> 00:11:51.309 Then he named that place the spring of the one who cried out, and it 00:11:51.309 --> 00:11:53.049 is still in Lehigh to this day. 00:11:54.519 --> 00:11:58.299 Samson judged Israel for 20 years during the period when the 00:11:58.299 --> 00:12:00.069 Philistines dominated the land. 00:12:01.629 --> 00:12:05.109 One day, s Samson went to the Philistine town of Gaza and spent 00:12:05.109 --> 00:12:06.219 the night with a prostitute. 00:12:07.209 --> 00:12:09.219 Word soon spread that Samson was there. 00:12:09.429 --> 00:12:13.509 So the men of Gaza gathered together and waited all night at the town gates. 00:12:14.319 --> 00:12:18.159 They kept quiet during the night saying to themselves, when the light 00:12:18.159 --> 00:12:20.289 of morning comes, we will kill him. 00:12:21.669 --> 00:12:23.979 Sampson stayed in bed only until midnight. 00:12:24.759 --> 00:12:28.719 Then he got up, took hold of the doors of the town gate, including the two 00:12:28.719 --> 00:12:31.899 posts and lifted them up bar and all. 00:12:32.619 --> 00:12:36.309 He put them on his shoulders and carried them all the way to the top of the hill. 00:12:36.309 --> 00:12:37.359 Across from Hebron. 00:12:38.919 --> 00:12:42.399 Sometime later, Sampson fell in love with a woman named Delilah, 00:12:42.999 --> 00:12:44.109 who lived in the valley of Soak. 00:12:45.579 --> 00:12:49.764 The rulers of the Philistines went to her and said, Entice s Samson to tell 00:12:49.764 --> 00:12:54.384 you what makes him so strong and how he can be overpowered and tied up securely. 00:12:55.134 --> 00:12:58.554 Then each of us will give you 1100 pieces of silver. 00:12:59.874 --> 00:13:04.914 So Delilah said to Samson, please tell me what makes you so strong and what 00:13:04.914 --> 00:13:06.864 it would take to tie you up securely. 00:13:07.774 --> 00:13:12.654 S Samson replied, if I were tied up with seven new boast rings that 00:13:12.654 --> 00:13:16.554 have not yet been dried, I would become as weak as anyone else. 00:13:17.799 --> 00:13:20.919 The Philistine rulers brought Delilah seven new bow strings, 00:13:21.429 --> 00:13:23.049 and she tied Samson up with them. 00:13:23.769 --> 00:13:25.839 She had hidden some men in one of the inner rooms of 00:13:25.839 --> 00:13:27.609 her house, and she cried out. 00:13:28.059 --> 00:13:33.219 Samson, the Philistines have come to capture you, but Samson snapped the 00:13:33.224 --> 00:13:36.939 bow strings as a piece of strings snaps when it has burned by a fire. 00:13:37.929 --> 00:13:40.059 So the secret of his strength was not discovered. 00:13:41.649 --> 00:13:46.689 Afterward, Delilah said to him, you've been making fun of me and telling me lies. 00:13:47.289 --> 00:13:50.169 Now please tell me how you can be tied up securely. 00:13:51.149 --> 00:13:56.229 S Samson replied, if I were tied up with brand new ropes that had never been used, 00:13:56.739 --> 00:13:58.629 I would become as weak as anyone else. 00:13:59.549 --> 00:14:02.259 So Delilah took new ropes and tied him up with him. 00:14:03.279 --> 00:14:06.279 The men were hiding in the inner room as before, and again, 00:14:06.279 --> 00:14:08.229 Delilah cried out Sampson. 00:14:08.559 --> 00:14:13.389 The Philistines have come to capture you, but again, S Samson snapped the ropes 00:14:13.389 --> 00:14:15.399 from his arms as if they were thread. 00:14:16.569 --> 00:14:20.619 Then Delilah said, you've been making fun of me and telling me lies. 00:14:21.249 --> 00:14:23.809 Now tell me how you can be tied up securely. 00:14:25.344 --> 00:14:29.574 Sampson replied, if you were to weave the seven braids of my hair 00:14:29.574 --> 00:14:34.044 into the fabric on your loom and tighten it with the loom shuttle, I 00:14:34.044 --> 00:14:35.994 would become as weak as anyone else. 00:14:37.314 --> 00:14:41.844 So while he slept, Delilah wove the seven braids of his hair into the fabric. 00:14:42.294 --> 00:14:45.084 Then she tightened it with the loom shuttle again. 00:14:45.084 --> 00:14:45.744 She cried out. 00:14:46.344 --> 00:14:46.764 S Samson. 00:14:47.094 --> 00:14:48.894 The Philistines have come to capture you. 00:14:49.944 --> 00:14:54.174 But Samson woke up, pulled back the loom shuttle and yanked his hair 00:14:54.174 --> 00:14:56.004 away from the loom and the fabric. 00:14:56.994 --> 00:14:58.554 Then Delilah pouted. 00:14:59.424 --> 00:15:03.714 How can you tell me I love you when you don't share your secrets with me. 00:15:04.524 --> 00:15:08.094 You've made fun of me three times now, and you still haven't told me. 00:15:08.094 --> 00:15:09.414 What makes you so strong? 00:15:10.464 --> 00:15:14.634 She tormented him with her nagging day after day until 00:15:14.634 --> 00:15:15.834 he was sick to death of it. 00:15:16.989 --> 00:15:18.999 Finally, Samson shared his secret with her. 00:15:20.229 --> 00:15:22.059 My hair has never been cut. 00:15:22.329 --> 00:15:26.949 He confessed for, I was dedicated to God as a nazarite from birth. 00:15:27.759 --> 00:15:31.809 If my head were shaved, my strength would leave me and I would 00:15:31.809 --> 00:15:33.699 become as weak as anyone else. 00:15:34.959 --> 00:15:38.529 Delilah realized he had finally told her the truth, so she 00:15:38.529 --> 00:15:40.119 sent for the Philistine rulers. 00:15:40.809 --> 00:15:42.429 Come back one more time. 00:15:42.429 --> 00:15:45.489 She said for he has finally told me his secret. 00:15:46.569 --> 00:15:49.569 So the Philistine rulers returned with the money in their hands. 00:15:50.859 --> 00:15:55.629 Delilah lulled Sampson to sleep with his head and her lap, and then 00:15:55.629 --> 00:15:58.869 she called in a Amanda to shave off the seven locks of his hair. 00:15:59.739 --> 00:16:04.149 In this way, she began to bring him down and his strength left him. 00:16:04.839 --> 00:16:09.429 Then she cried out s Samson, the Philistines have come to capture you. 00:16:10.509 --> 00:16:15.099 When he woke up, he thought, I will do his before and shake myself free. 00:16:15.099 --> 00:16:15.159 I. 00:16:16.209 --> 00:16:21.159 He didn't realize the Lord had left him, so the Philistines captured 00:16:21.159 --> 00:16:23.439 him and gouged out his eyes. 00:16:24.129 --> 00:16:28.749 They took him to Gaza where he was bound with bronze chains and forced to 00:16:28.749 --> 00:16:34.989 grind grain in the prison, but before long, his hair began to grow back. 00:16:36.459 --> 00:16:40.419 The Philistine rulers held a great festival offering sacrifices 00:16:40.419 --> 00:16:42.609 and praising their God Day gone. 00:16:43.179 --> 00:16:46.809 They said, our God has given us victory over our enemy. 00:16:46.809 --> 00:16:52.419 Samson, when the people saw him, they praised their God saying, our 00:16:52.424 --> 00:16:54.489 God has delivered our enemy to us. 00:16:54.909 --> 00:16:58.839 The one who killed so many of us is now in our power. 00:16:59.814 --> 00:17:05.274 Half drunk by now, the people demanded bring out S Samson so he can amuse us. 00:17:06.384 --> 00:17:10.284 So he was brought from the prison to amuse them, and they had him stand 00:17:10.284 --> 00:17:11.934 between the pillars supporting the roof. 00:17:13.164 --> 00:17:15.774 Samson said to the young servant who was leading him by the 00:17:15.779 --> 00:17:20.004 hand place my hands against the pillars that hold up the temple. 00:17:20.334 --> 00:17:21.834 I want to rest against them. 00:17:22.854 --> 00:17:23.034 Now. 00:17:23.034 --> 00:17:25.074 The temple was completely filled with people. 00:17:25.524 --> 00:17:27.534 All the Philistine rulers were there. 00:17:28.074 --> 00:17:31.314 And there were about 3000 men and women on the roof who were 00:17:31.314 --> 00:17:33.354 watching as Samson amuse them. 00:17:34.284 --> 00:17:40.314 Then Samson prayed to the Lord, sovereign Lord, remember me again. 00:17:41.094 --> 00:17:47.214 Oh God, please strengthen me just one more time with one blow. 00:17:47.574 --> 00:17:50.874 Let me pay back the Philistines for the loss of my two eyes. 00:17:52.284 --> 00:17:55.794 Then Sampson put his hands on the two center pillars that held up the temple. 00:17:56.634 --> 00:17:58.374 Pushing against them with both hands. 00:17:58.374 --> 00:18:04.284 He prayed, let Me Die with the Philistines, and the temple crashed 00:18:04.284 --> 00:18:08.544 down on the Philistine rulers and all the people, so he killed 00:18:08.549 --> 00:18:12.504 more people when he died than he had during his entire lifetime. 00:18:14.154 --> 00:18:17.274 Later, his brothers and other relatives went down to get his body. 00:18:18.204 --> 00:18:23.424 They took him back home and buried him between Zora and Estel, where 00:18:23.429 --> 00:18:24.984 his father Manoa was buried. 00:18:26.154 --> 00:18:29.124 Sampson had judged Israel for 20 years. 00:18:30.414 --> 00:18:33.264 This concludes today's immerse reading experience. 00:18:33.414 --> 00:18:34.644 Thank you for joining us.