Matthew Henry Complete Commentary
on the Whole Bible
Current Chapter:
Chapter 16
Samson concludes,
1. With an account of his burial. His own relations, animated by the
glories that attended his death, came and found out his body among the
slain, brought it honourably to his own country, and buried it in the
place of his fathers' sepulchres, the Philistines being in such a
consternation that they durst not oppose it.
2. With the repetition of the account we had before of the continuance
of his government: He judged Israel twenty years; and, if they
had not been as mean and sneaking as he was brave and daring, he would
have left them clear of the Philistines' yoke. They might have been
easy, safe, and happy, if they would but have given God and their
judges leave to make them so.