Click
here to show/hide instructions.
Instructions on how to use the page:
The commentary for the selected verse is is displayed below.
All commentary was produced against the King James, so the same verse from that translation may appear as well. Hovering your mouse over a commentary's scripture reference attempts to show those verses.
Use the browser's back button to return to the previous page.
Or you can also select a feature from the Just Verses menu appearing at the top of the page.
Selected Verse: Judges 16:27 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jud 16:27 |
Strong Concordance |
Now the house [01004] was full [04390] of men [0582] and women [0802]; and all the lords [05633] of the Philistines [06430] were there; and there were upon the roof [01406] about three [07969] thousand [0505] men [0376] and women [0802], that beheld [07200] while Samson [08123] made sport [07832]. |
| |
King James |
Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were there; and there were upon the roof about three thousand men and women, that beheld while Samson made sport. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
HIS DEATH. (Jdg 16:26-31)
there were upon the roof about three thousand men and women, that beheld while Samson made sport--This building seems to have been similar to the spacious and open amphitheaters well known among the Romans and still found in many countries of the East. They are built wholly of wood. The standing place for the spectators is a wooden floor resting upon two pillars and rising on an inclined plane, so as to enable all to have a view of the area in the center. In the middle there are two large beams, on which the whole weight of the structure lies, and these beams are supported by two pillars placed almost close to each other, so that when these are unsettled or displaced, the whole pile must tumble to the ground. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| The roof - Which was flat, and had window's through which they might see what was done in the lower parts of the house. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Now the house was full of men - It was either the prison-house, house of assembly, or a temple of Dagon, raised on pillars, open on all sides, and flat-roofed, so that it could accommodate a multitude of people on the top. |
26 And Samson [08123] said [0559] unto the lad [05288] that held [02388] him by the hand [03027], Suffer [03240] me that I may feel [04184] [03237] the pillars [05982] whereupon the house [01004] standeth [03559], that I may lean [08172] upon them.
27 Now the house [01004] was full [04390] of men [0582] and women [0802]; and all the lords [05633] of the Philistines [06430] were there; and there were upon the roof [01406] about three [07969] thousand [0505] men [0376] and women [0802], that beheld [07200] while Samson [08123] made sport [07832].
28 And Samson [08123] called [07121] unto the LORD [03068], and said [0559], O Lord [0136] GOD [03069], remember [02142] me, I pray thee, and strengthen [02388] me, I pray thee, only this once [06471], O God [0430], that I may be at once [0259] avenged [05358] [05359] of the Philistines [06430] for my two [08147] eyes [05869].
29 And Samson [08123] took hold [03943] of the two [08147] middle [08432] pillars [05982] upon which the house [01004] stood [03559], and on which it was borne up [05564], of the one [0259] with his right hand [03225], and of the other [0259] with his left [08040].
30 And Samson [08123] said [0559], Let me die [04191] [05315] with the Philistines [06430]. And he bowed [05186] himself with all his might [03581]; and the house [01004] fell [05307] upon the lords [05633], and upon all the people [05971] that were therein. So the dead [04191] which he slew [04191] at his death [04194] were more [07227] than they which he slew [04191] in his life [02416].
31 Then his brethren [0251] and all the house [01004] of his father [01] came down [03381], and took [05375] him, and brought him up [05927], and buried [06912] him between Zorah [06881] and Eshtaol [0847] in the buryingplace [06913] of Manoah [04495] his father [01]. And he judged [08199] Israel [03478] twenty [06242] years [08141].