28. Samson prayed, “Please remember me, Lord God. The Philistines put out my eyes, but make me strong one last time, so I can take revenge for at least one of my eyes!”
29. Samson was standing between the two middle columns that held up the roof. He felt around and found one column with his right hand, and the other with his left hand.
30. Then he shouted, “Let me die with the Philistines!” He pushed against the columns as hard as he could, and the temple collapsed with the Philistine rulers and everyone else still inside. Samson killed more Philistines when he died than he had killed during his entire life.
31. His brothers and the rest of his family went to Gaza and took his body back home. They buried him in his father's tomb, which was between Zorah and Eshtaol.Samson was a leader of Israel for twenty years.