KJV King James Version
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.
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Judges 16:31
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then Samson’s brothers and his father’s family came down, carried him back, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of his father Manoah. And he had judged Israel twenty years.
WEB World English Bible
Then his brothers 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 burial site of Manoah his father. He judged Israel twenty years.
ASV American Standard Version
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 burying-place of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And his brethren come down, and all the house of his father, and lift him up, and bring him up, and bury him between Zorah and Eshtaol, in the burying-place of Manoah his father; and he hath judged Israel twenty years.
Surrounding context — Judges 16
28 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.
29 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.
30 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.
31 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.
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וַיֵּרְד֨וּH3381 · ya.radto go downאֶחָ֜יוH251 · achbrother: male-siblingוְכָל־H3605 · kolallבֵּ֣יתH1004 · betplaceאָבִיהוּ֮H1 · avfatherוַיִּשְׂא֣וּH5375 · na.sato lift: raiseאֹתוֹ֒H853 · et[Obj.]וַֽיַּעֲל֣וּ׀H5927 · a.lahto ascend: riseוַיִּקְבְּר֣וּH6912 · qa.varto buryאוֹת֗וֹH853 · et[Obj.]בֵּ֤יןH996 · ba.yinbetweenצָרְעָה֙H6881 · tsor.ahZorahוּבֵ֣יןH996 · ba.yinbetweenאֶשְׁתָּאֹ֔לH847 · esh.ta.olEshtaolבְּקֶ֖בֶרH6913 · qe.vergraveמָנ֣וֹחַH4495 · ma.no.achManoahאָבִ֑יוH1 · avfatherוְה֛וּאH1931 · huhe/she/itשָׁפַ֥טH8199 · sha.phatto judgeאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelעֶשְׂרִ֥יםH6242 · es.rimtwentyשָׁנָֽה׃ פH8141 · sha.nehyear
Cross-references
Judges 15:20And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.John 19:39-42And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound [weight].Judges 13:2And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name [was] Manoah; and his wife [was] barren, and bare not.Judges 13:25And the Spirit of the LORD began to move him at times in the camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.Joshua 19:41And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Irshemesh,
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