Judges 16:26 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand, Suffer me that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house standeth, that I may lean upon them. ”

Judges 16:26 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

More literally, “let me rest, and let me feel the pillars, that I may lean upon them.” He feigned weariness with his dancing and singing, and asked to recover himself by leaning against the pillars...
Judges 16:26 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Death of Samson. Dagon, the god of the Philistines, had been worshipped in the Maritime Plain long before their coming. They adopted the god of the district, just as many Israelites learned to...
Judges 16:26 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Suffer me that . Let me alone that, &c.
Judges 16:26 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand, Suffer me that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house standeth, that I may lean upon them.
Judges 16:26 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And when the people saw him, they praised their god: for they said, Our god hath delivered into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, which slew many of us. No JFB commentary...
Judges 16:26 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Samson's Escape from Gaza. Delilah's Treachery. Samson's Death 1-3. Samson and Gaza.
Judges 16:26 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

That I may feel the pillars. — The temple of Dagon had a flat roof; but further than this we are unable to conjecture what was its architecture. An attempt to explain it is found in Stark’s Gaza,...
Judges 16:26 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE VALLEY OF SOREK AND OF DEATH Judges 16:4-31 THE strong bold man who has blindly fought his battles and sold himself to the traitress and to the enemy, "Eyeless in Gaza at the mill with slav...
Judges 16:26 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Dying with the Philistines Judges 16:15-31 It may be that the razor has already severed your union with Christ. If we abide not in living union with Him, we are cast out as branches from the vi...
Judges 16:26 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Here we have the sad and awful account of Samson's relapse and final fall. He went to Gaza. It is easy to imagine how much there must have been in Gaza which should have appealed to one acting for th...
Judges 16:26 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

How wonderful are all the ways and works of God! By what solemn and striking providences, doth the Lord carry on his designs in the world! Samson's triumph was greater in his death, than in all the v...
Judges 16:26 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Samson said to the lad that held him by the hand ,.... And led him about; as nothing is more common now than for a blind man to be led by a boy: suffer me that I may feel the pillars whereupon...
Judges 16:26 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand, Suffer me that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house standeth, that I may lean upon them. Ver. 26. That I may lean upon them. ] And so...
Judges 16:26 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The pillars whereon the house standeth It is probable that this house, whether it were a temple or theatre, was no more than a wooden building, raised for the present occasion, much in the form of...
Judges 16:26 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Death of Samson; Samson's Triumph in Death. B. C. 1120. 22 Howbeit the hair of his...
Judges 16:26 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Judges 16:26 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ And Samson said to the lad who held him by the hand, “Allow me to feel the pillars on which the house stands so that I may lean on them.” ' He may have looked an abject picture, a figure of rid...
Judges 16:26 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

( Judges 16:1-31 .) SAMSON’S FALL, CAPTIVITY AND DEATH CRITICAL NOTES.— Judges 16:1 . Then .] And —without fixing the time. A long gap stands between the events of the two previous Chapter s and...
Judges 16:26 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Judges 13:16 I. We must first ask what principles, regarding the way in which God works deliverance for man, were taught by Samson. (1) The first principle impressed on the minds of his contempora...
Judges 16:26 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 16:1 . A harlot, at Gaza, one of the five strong cities of Philistia. The Hebrew is the same as Joshua 2 ., hostess, as some would read, but our version follows the other opinion. Judges...
Judges 16:26 - The Biblical Illustrator

Then went Samson to Gaza. Pleasure and peril in Gaza For what reason did Samson go down to Gaza? We imagine that in default of any excitement such as he craved in the towns of his own land, he...
Judges 16:26 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Judges 16:23 Gathered them , i.e. themselves. To rejoice . The Hebrew is for a festivity , or merry-making , or feast. There was to be a great feast upon the sacrific...
Judges 16:26 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The end of Samson
Judges 16:26 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Whereon the house standeth — Whether it were a temple, or theatre, or some slight building run up for the purpose.

Judges 16:26 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Judges 16:26 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 16:26 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Judges 16:26 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Judges 16:26 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Judges 16:26 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 16:26 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Judges 16:26 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Judges 16:26 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Judges 16:26 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Judges 16:26 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Judges 16:26 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Judges 16:26 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Judges 16:26 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 16:26 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judges 16:26 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Judges 16:26 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 16:26 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Judges 16:26 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Judges 16:26 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 16:26 - The Biblical Illustrator

Judges 16:26 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Judges 16:26 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Judges 16:26 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes