16:31a Then Samson’s brothers and his father’s family came down, carried him back,

Then his brothers and his father’s whole family came to get him.
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His brothers and the rest of his family went ⌊to Gaza⌋ and took ⌊his body⌋ back home.

16:31b and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of his father Manoah.

They took ⌊his body⌋ back and buried him between the towns of Zorah and Eshtaol. They buried him in the tomb where Manoah his father was buried.
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They buried him in the same place his father was buried between the towns of Zorah and Eshtaol. His father was Manoah.

16:31c And he had judged Israel twenty years.

Samson had ruled Israel for twenty years.
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Samson was a leader of Israel for twenty (20) years.

Section 17:1-13

Micah made an idol and hired a priest

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