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
In the Book of Judges, Samson was a judge raised by God to deliver Israel from Philistine oppression, a time when the Israelites often cycled through periods of rebellion, punishment, and deliverance. After his dramatic death by collapsing a Philistine temple, his family traveled to retrieve his body and buried him in his father's tomb between the towns of Zorah and Eshtaol, marking the conclusion of his leadership. This verse highlights the end of Samson's twenty-year tenure as a judge during Israel's ongoing struggles for faithfulness and freedom.
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