Printed Caption:
Samson
at his death kills his enemies.
Judges 16:22-30
Howbeit the
hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven.
Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for
to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice:
for they said, Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into
our hand. 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. And it came to pass, when their hearts were
merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us
sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison
house; and he made them sport: and they set him between the
pillars. 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. 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. And Samson called unto the Lord,
and said, O Lord God, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen
me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once
avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes. And Samson
took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood,
and on which it was borne up, of the one with his right hand,
and of the other with his left. And Samson said, Let
me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with
all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and
upon all the people that were therein. So the
dead which he slew at his death were more than they
which he slew in his life. (KJV)
Figures
de la Bible (1728)
Illustrated by Gerard
Hoet (1648-1733), and others.
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