16:30a Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines.”

Samson shouted, “Let me die with the Philistines.”
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He called out, “Let me die with the Philistines,”

16:30b Then he pushed with all his might,

He pushed with all his might
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and then he pushed with all his strength.

16:30c and the temple fell on the lords and all the people in it.

and the temple fell onto the rulers and everyone in it.
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The pillars collapsed and the temple fell down on the leaders and all the people who were in it.

16:30d So in his death he killed more than he had killed in his life.

So he killed more people when he died than he had when he was alive.
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So Samson killed more people of Philistia when he died than he had killed during his lifetime.

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