And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of an hill that is before Hebron.
Samson stayed until midnight, then got up at midnight and grabbed the city gates, the doors, the two posts that held them up, and the metal bar that locked them, and carried the whole thing on his shoulders up to the top of a hill that faces toward Hebron.
This verse shows Samson demonstrating his incredible God-given strength by literally carrying away an entire city gate system up a mountain.
📚 Historical Context
In the era of the Judges, Israel was frequently oppressed by enemies like the Philistines, and God raised up leaders called judges to deliver His people. Samson, a Nazarite dedicated to God from birth, possessed supernatural strength as a symbol of God's power against the Philistines. This event took place in the Philistine city of Gaza, where Samson, after spending the night, demonstrated his God-given might by uprooting and carrying away the city gates to escape.
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