Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the buryingplace of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years.
Then his brothers and all his father's family came down and took his body. They brought him back and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the burial place of his father Manoah. Samson had been a judge over Israel for twenty years.
This verse describes how Samson's family honored him with a proper burial after his death, and notes that he served as Israel's judge for twenty years.
📚 Historical Context
This concludes the story of Samson, who died when he brought down the Philistine temple of Dagon, killing himself along with many Philistines. Zorah and Eshtaol were towns in the tribal territory of Dan, where Samson was from. During the period of the judges (around 1200-1000 BC), Israel had no king, and judges like Samson provided leadership and delivered Israel from their enemies.
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